Fisher-Price recalls more than 11M kid products October 1st, 2010

WASHINGTON – Fisher-Price is recalling more than 11 million tricycles, toys and high chairs over safety concerns.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission said Thursday that the high chairs and tricycles were blamed for children’s injuries.

Fisher-Price is also recalling more than 1 million Healthy Care, Easy Clean and Close to Me High Chairs, after 14 reports of problems. The pegs on the back of the high chairs can be used to store the tray, but children can fall on them, resulting in cuts and other injuries. Seven children required stitches, the commission said.

The trikes — some of which feature popular characters like Dora the Explorer and Barbie — have a protruding plastic ignition key near the seat that children can strike, sit on or fall on, leading to injuries that the commission said can include genital bleeding.

Consumers can visit the company’s website at http://www.service.mattel.com for more information on the dates of sale and model numbers for the recalled products.


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