{"id":9226,"date":"2014-11-11T07:00:34","date_gmt":"2014-11-11T13:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/?p=9226"},"modified":"2014-11-10T21:58:12","modified_gmt":"2014-11-11T03:58:12","slug":"cpsc-reports-hello-kitty-themed-whistles-recalled-by-mcdonalds-due-to-choking-and-aspiration-hazards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/2014\/11\/11\/cpsc-reports-hello-kitty-themed-whistles-recalled-by-mcdonalds-due-to-choking-and-aspiration-hazards\/","title":{"rendered":"CPSC reports Hello Kitty Themed Whistles recalled by McDonalds Due to Choking and Aspiration Hazards"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"U.S.Washington, D.C<\/strong>. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) reports that McDonals is recalling \u201cHello Kitty\u00ae Birthday Lollipop\u201d Whistles because parts inside of the whistle can detach posing a choking and aspiration hazard to young children.<\/p>\n

Consumers should stop using this product unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.<\/p>\n

\"McDonald\u2019s<\/a>

McDonald\u2019s Recalls Hello Kitty Themed Whistles<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Product Information<\/h3>\n

Name of Product:<\/strong> \u201cHello Kitty\u00ae Birthday Lollipop\u201d Whistles<\/p>\n

Hazard:<\/strong> Components inside of the whistle can detach, posing choking and aspiration hazards to young children.<\/p>\n

Remedy:<\/strong> Replace<\/p>\n

Consumer Contact:<\/strong> For additional information, contact McDonald\u2019s at 800.244.6227 between 7:00am and 7:00pm CT, seven days a week, or visit the firm’s website at www.mcdonalds.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Units:<\/strong> About 2.3 million in the U.S. In addition, about 200,000 were distributed in Canada.<\/p>\n

Description:<\/strong> The recalled whistles are red and were included in a plastic Hello Kitty figurine holding a pink heart-shaped lollipop. The whistle can be removed and used to make sounds by inhaling or exhaling through the mouthpiece. When closed, the figurine measures about 3 inches in height and width and 1 3\/4 inches in depth. The whistle measures about 1 3\/4 inches in height and width and 3\/4 inches in depth. A picture of Hello Kitty appears on both sides of the whistle. The text \u201c\u00a91976, 2014 SANRIO CO., LTD.\u201d appears above Hello Kitty\u2019s face on the whistle, and \u201cMade for McDonald\u2019s China CCW Chine\u201d appears below Hello Kitty\u2019s face on the whistle. The bag in which the toy is packaged includes the text \u201cHello Kitty\u00ae Birthday Lollipop\u201d and the number \u201c6\u201d in the upper right corner.<\/p>\n

Distributed exclusively at:<\/strong> McDonald\u2019s restaurants nationwide from October 2014 through the first week of November 2014 with Happy Meals and Mighty Kids Meals.<\/p>\n

Incidents\/Injuries:<\/strong> McDonald\u2019s has received two reports of children who coughed out pieces of the whistle that they had sucked into their mouths, including one child who received medical attention.<\/p>\n

[320right]Remedy:<\/strong> Consumers should immediately take the whistle away from children and return it to any McDonald\u2019s for a free replacement toy and either a yogurt tube or a bag of apple slices.<\/p>\n

Distributor:<\/strong> McDonald\u2019s Corp., of Oakbrook, IL.<\/p>\n

Manufactured in:<\/strong> China<\/p>\n

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is still interested in receiving incident or injury reports that are either directly related to a product recall or involve a different hazard with the same product. Please tell us about your experience with the product on www.SaferProducts.gov<\/a><\/p>\n

About U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission<\/h3>\n

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products under the agency\u2019s jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually.<\/p>\n

CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical or mechanical hazard. CPSC’s work to help ensure the safety of consumer products – such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters and household chemicals -\u2013 contributed to a decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 40 years.<\/p>\n

Federal law bars any person from selling products subject to a publicly-announced voluntary recall by a manufacturer or a mandatory recall ordered by the Commission.<\/p>\n

To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury go online to www.SaferProducts.gov<\/a> or call CPSC’s Hotline at 800.638.2772 or teletypewriter at 301.595.7054 for the hearing impaired<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) reports that McDonals is recalling \u201cHello Kitty\u00ae Birthday Lollipop\u201d Whistles because parts inside of the whistle can detach posing a choking and aspiration hazard to young children. Consumers should stop using this product unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[9707,566,3229,628,9709,9497,9708,755,9710,9711,629,571,3338],"class_list":["post-9226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government","tag-aspiration-hazard","tag-china","tag-choking-hazard","tag-cpsc","tag-happy-meal","tag-hello-kitty","tag-mcdonald-happy-meal-toys","tag-mcdonalds","tag-might-kids-meal","tag-oakbrook-il","tag-recall","tag-u-s-consumer-product-safety-commission","tag-washington-d-c"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9226"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9227,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9226\/revisions\/9227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}