The Recall Desk
Our severity:HighCPSC·88115·Announced 1988-12-20

Fiber-Craft Safety Pin Rattles Recalled for Choking Hazard

Fiber-Craft Materials Corp. is voluntarily recalling Safety Pin Rattles because they pose a choking hazard to infants and young children.

What this means for you

Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 3/5 (High).

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a risk-of-harm product (choking hazard) where injury has not yet been reported, which aligns with the 'High' severity criteria in the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Fiber-Craft Materials Corp. of Niles, Illinois, is voluntarily recalling Safety Pin Rattles (model #4642) because they present a possible choking hazard to infants and young children. The rattles are made of blue, pink, or yellow plastic, shaped like a safety pin, and are approximately four inches long with noise-making beads inside. They were sold in craft stores and marketed as decorations.

The recalled rattles are small enough to fit into an infant's mouth and long enough to reach the back of the throat, which could cause choking. The U.S. Customs Service identified the hazardous rattle at the Port of Chicago during "Operation Toyland," a joint surveillance program with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Consumers who purchased the recalled Safety Pin Rattles should immediately take them away from infants and return them to the place of purchase for a full refund of the purchase price. For additional information, consumers can call Fiber-Craft at 1-312-647-1140.

The recalled product

Product
Safety Pin Rattles
Manufacturer
Fiber-Craft Materials
Category
Consumer Product — Toys
Hazard

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

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