Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!talcott!panda!genrad!decvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-furilo!kaiser From: kaiser@furilo.DEC (Pete Kaiser, 225-5441, HLO2-1/N10) Newsgroups: net.kids Subject: Product recalls Message-ID: <3526@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Thu, 8-Aug-85 22:26:08 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.3526 Posted: Thu Aug 8 22:26:08 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 12-Aug-85 01:28:28 EDT Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 41 From "Consumer Reports", August 1985 (the issue of July 1985 contained no notices of product recalls relevant to children). (The following item is not a recall, but a product-safety alert.) Glenco #3180 Squeak Pacifiers. Nipple and handle may separate from pacifier's plastic shield, creating choking or suffocation hazard. Products: Pacifier, sold from July through Dec. 1984, has rigid plastic shield with two vent holes and one-piece rubber handle; shield is white, orange, or yellow embossed with "Made in Japan," and handle, which is bulbous or round, has white plastic squeaker at tip. (Redesigned model, identified on package as Glenco #3180B, is not subject to safety alert.) What to do: Discard pacifier. Clickclack Model 30051 baby rattles. Small wooden noisemaker inside rattle can pose choking hazard if end of rattle comes unglued. Products: 5000 rattles made in Sweden and sold from July 1984 through Feb. 1985 for about $5. Rattle is made of wood and is 4 1/2 inches long; hollow body holds noisemaker, and bright red hemispherical knob at each end. What to do: Return rattle to dealer or mail to Brio Scanditoy Corp., 6531 N. Sidney Pl., Milwaukee [WI] 53209, for refund. Century 200 child safety restraint. Plastic buckle of crotch strap is hard to release. If lubricant is used to ease opening, it can degrade plastic and cause breakage that jams the buckle. Models: 295,814 child restraints. What to do: Have dealer provide replacement strap and buckle if required. ---Pete Kaiser%BELKER.DEC@decwrl.arpa {allegra|decvax|ihnp4|ucbvax}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-belker!kaiser DEC, 77 Reed Road (HLO2-1/N10), Hudson MA 01749 617-568-5441