Check Your Holiday Gifts Now: Dozens of Dangerous Toys, Clothing, and Home Items Recalled in December

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    With the end of the holiday season, Attorney General Todd Rokita is calling on Hoosiers to check recently purchased items and gifts for safety recalls and take immediate action if they own any products listed.

    “During this busy season, recalled products can be easily overlooked,” Attorney General Todd Rokita said. “A quick review of these recalls can spare your family unnecessary worry and prevent a defective gift from causing real harm.”

    The Consumer Product Safety Commission reports the following products were recalled in December:

    Children’s Products:  

    • Uuoeebb Infant Walkers: Violates the mandatory standard for infant walkers because they can fit through a standard doorway and fail to stop at the edge of a step, posing a deadly fall hazard; walkers also have leg openings that allow the child to slip down until the child’s head can become entrapped, posing a risk of serious injury or death; sold online on Amazon.com.

    Children’s Toys:  

    • CreateOn Crayola-branded pip-Cubes: The recalled magnetic building cubes contain magnets that can become loose if the seams separate, posing an ingestion hazard to children, which could result in perforations, twisting, and/or blockage of the intestines, blood poisoning and death; the 24-piece sets were sold at Michael’s Stores nationwide and online at Michaels.com and the 27-piece sets were sold online at Amazon.com.
    • Cubimana Treehouse Building Toy Sets: Contains button cell batteries that can be easily accessed by children and when button cell or coin batteries are swallowed, the ingested batteries can cause serious injuries, internal chemical burns and death; sold online on Shein.com.
    • Little Bear 2-pack Soother Clip: The wooden button on the soother clips can come off, exposing a sharp screw, which can pose choking and laceration hazards; sold at Primark stores located in the northeast and in Florida, Maryland and Illinois.
    • Meaicezli Play Purse Sets: The children’s toy violates the mandatory standard for toys because the toy cell phone contains button cell batteries and the toy tablet contains a lithium coin battery that can be easily accessed by children, and when button cell or coin batteries are swallowed, the ingested batteries can cause serious injuries, internal chemical burns and death; sold on Amazon.com.
    • Primark Water Balloon Pump: The water balloon pump can generate excessive pressure during use, causing the product to rupture, posing a risk of physical injury to the user or bystanders; sold at Primark stores in the northeast and in Florida, Maryland and Illinois.

    Electronics:  

    • INIU BI-B41 Power Banks: The lithium-ion battery in the recalled power banks can overheat and ignite, posing fire and burn hazards to consumers; sold online on Amazon.com.
    • KTEBO Writing Tablet Toy: The screw used to secure the battery compartment that contains a button cell battery does not remain attached as required and when button cell or coin batteries are swallowed, the ingested batteries can cause serious injuries, internal chemical burns, and death; sold online on Amazon.com.

    Fitness and Tools: 

    • AMP MP2 Smart Fitness Machine: The arm on the MP2 model of the fitness machine does not lock properly, which can allow the arm to swing unexpectedly, posing a risk of laceration or serious injury; sold online at Ampfit.com.
    • G0815 15” 3HP Heavy-Duty Planers: The chip breaker can contact the cutterhead blades during use, which can cause debris to be ejected from the planer, posing impact and laceration hazards to the user and bystanders; sold at Bibb Tool & Cutter, Hamilton Tool and Supply, PMC Tool Company and Stoll Brothers Lumber stores and other hardware stores nationwide and online at Grizzly.com, HomeDepot.com, Tractor Supply.com and MaxTool.com and other websites.

    Furniture and Accessory: 

    Health and Beauty Products: 

    Outdoor Products and Vehicles:  

    • Fat Tire Trikes: The trike frame can develop a hairline fracture near a weld, which can cause the tubes to separate, posing fall and laceration hazards; sold at Pedego stores nationwide and online at PedegoElectricBikes.com.

     

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