The Recall Desk
Our severity:HighCPSC·95016·Announced 1994-11-01

CPSC Recalls My Alphabetic Truck Toys Due to Choking Hazard

DS-MAX U.S.A. is recalling 82,000 My Alphabetic Truck toys because small parts can break off, posing a choking risk to 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 choking hazard for young children, which is a risk-of-harm product where injury has not yet been reported, fitting the High severity criteria.

Plain-English summary

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and DS-MAX U.S.A. Inc. (formerly Wholesale Warehousing Industries) of Irvine, Calif., are voluntarily recalling about 82,000 "My Alphabetic Truck" toys, style SHYE-AT-002. The recall was initiated after CPSC "use and abuse" testing revealed that small parts could be generated from the toy, presenting a potential choking hazard to young children.

The recalled trucks are 12-inch lacquered wood toys with red wheels and one or two non-removable wooden peg men in the front cab. They feature thirty wooden blocks with pictures and letters mounted to the bed and have a "MADE IN CHINA" sticker on the underside. The toys cost about $5 and were sold door-to-door nationwide between August 1993 and June 1994. Neither CPSC nor the manufacturer is aware of any injuries associated with the product.

Consumers should take the truck away from children and discard or destroy the product. The manufacturer, DS-MAX U.S.A. Inc., is out of business and cannot be contacted.

The recalled product

Product
My Alphabetic Truck toys
Manufacturer
DS-MAX U.S.A.
Category
Consumer Product — Toys
Hazard

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

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