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Product name Toy Balloon
Description The "Blobo Plastic Bubb-A-Loons," Item Numbers 028, 338, 339, 548 and 625 is a plastic balloon toy. The Blobo Plastic Bubb-A-Loons are sold in three sizes of individual tubes, each packaged in cellophane with a plastic straw, all of which are being recalled. The recalled tubes are the six-gram size, Item No. 028, having a suggested retail price of 10 cents; the twenty-gram size, Item No. 339, at 39 cents; and the thirty-gram size, Item No. 548, at 59 cents. Blobo Plastic Bubb-A-Loons are also distributed in packages containing a metal tube and plastic straws mounted on display cards. A three-tube package, Item No. 338, retailed at 39 cents; and a five-tube package, Item No. 625, at 69 cents. 
Problem Due to an error by the manufacturer in Taiwan, the product contains benzene, which if eaten or inhaled over an extended period of time may cause a type of blood disorder known as dyscrasias 
Distribution Sold by retail shops nationwide 
Company Imperial Toy Corporation,2060 East 7th Street, Los Angeles, California 90021; (213) 489-2100 
Dates sold  
Date posted 12/28/2001 
 

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