Product Details
| Product name | Baby Rattles |
| Description | The rattles “Berchet Bell Rattle” and “Sunny Smile Mirror Rattle” are the two types of rattles being recalled. The Berchet rattle is made of yellow plastic in the shape of a bell with a red striker and is approximately 6 inches long. The words “JOUETS berchet MADE IN FRANCE, Diefenbach Design C 1979 Berchet” are embossed on the rattle. The yellow and blue plastic Sunny Smile Mirror Rattle is approximately 5 inches long with a round handle 1 1/4 inches in diameter at one end and a round section 3 inches in diameter at the other end with a mirror on the blue side and a smiling face on the yellow side. The Sunny Smile Mirror Rattle has no labeling on it, but was packaged in a clear plastic bag with a cardboard header labeled, “Sunny Smile Mirror Rattle”. |
| Problem | The handles of both rattles are small enough to enter an infant’s mouth and lodge in the throat causing a choking or suffocation hazard. |
| Distribution | Sold in retail stores nationwide. |
| Company | U.S. Toy Company, Inc., Grandview, Missouri; (816) 761- 5900. |
| Dates sold | 1984 through November 1986. |
| Date posted | 01/07/2002 |
