Baby rattles pulled from shop shelves amid choking fears
Issue Date: - Friday, 25 September 2009
Consumer Protection is urging parents in WA to check their children’s toys after tests found five types of baby rattle could choke a child.
A total of 611 of the individually-packed neon rattles, which are shaped either like a key, guitar, musical note, saxophone or tambourine, are known to have been supplied to WA stores between March and September this year.
Director of Industry and Consumer Services David Hillyard said the product recall follows the results of independent testing
“The testing confirmed all five rattles failed the shape, size and strength requirements of the Australian Standard.
“When dropped, four out of five, excluding the guitar rattle, released small parts which could be inhaled by a child.
“All parents should check their toy cupboards and remove these rattles before a child is injured.”
The rattles should be returned to the store where they were bought for a full refund.
In total 4,200 of the toy rattles were distributed to discount shops across Australia this year.
The full product details are as follows:
- neon key baby rattle - TOY9206 Barcode 9328195051685;
- neon guitar baby rattle - TOY9208 Barcode 9328195051708;
- neon musical note baby rattle - TOY9209 Barcode 9328195051715;
- neon saxophone baby rattle - TOY9211 Barcode 9328195051739; and
- neon tambourine baby rattle - TOY9210 Barcode 9328195051722.
For advice, call Consumer Protection on 1300 30 40 54 or via email: consumer@commerce.wa.gov.au