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Product name Tangled Teeples toy
Description The Tangled Treeples toy was included with KFC Kids Meals. The toy's green, plastic container, which measures about 3 inches in diameter and 1.25 inches deep, has trees molded on the outside. Inside are seven "Tangled Treeples" animal figures, including a monkey, owl, snake, raccoon and bear. Children can empty the animals out of the container and link them to form a chain. Writing on the outside of the container reads, "TreeplesTM" and "Made in China." 
Problem The bottom of the green plastic container can fit over a child's nose and mouth, which could pose a suffocation hazard to children under three years of age 
Distribution KFC restaurants nationwide included the Tangled Treeples toys with KFC Kids Meals 
Company KFC Corporation, Louisville, Kentucky; (800) 225-5532 (CALL-KFC) 
Dates sold June 2000 through July 2000 
Date posted 12/28/2001 
 

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