THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, December 7, 1995 TAG: 9512070360
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: D6 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
DATELINE: WASHINGTON LENGTH: Short : 41 lines
Thousands of toy vehicles, aquatic animals, baby bottles and meal sets are being recalled because they can break into small pieces and possibly choke children, the government warned Tuesday.
The plastic items, including bulldozers, trucks, turtles, seals and penguins, were made by the Imperial Toy Corp. of Los Angeles. Nearly 100,000 pieces were sold at toy stores nationwide between 1993 and April 1995, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said.
Consumers should take the items away from young children and return them to the store where they were purchased for a full refund, or contact Imperial Toy at 1-800-543-6551, the agency said.
Meanwhile, three models of cribs sold in Puerto Rico also are under recall.
Slats and corner posts on the cribs, made by LaNacional of Hato Rey, P.R., are wider and taller than standards call for, posing strangulation and entrapment hazards for infants, the commission said.
Consumers should stop using the cribs immediately and return them to the store for a refund or contact LaNacional at 1-809-758-3606. Eighteen retailers sold nearly 2,300 assembled cribs, without boxes, between January 1994 and April 1995, the commission said.
The three models involved are the Cama Cuna R.N.C., the Cama Cuna No. 2 and the Crib with Drawers.
They can be identified by the lack of printed instructions or markings, except for the words ``Made in the Dominican Republic'' printed under the mattress support, the commission said.
Consumers also may contact the commission at 1-800-638-2772.
KEYWORDS: RECALL by CNB