Serious Strangulation RisksStill Exist In Previously Recalled Stuffed Toys
CPSC recall 82048. Recall date: . Last publish date of the CPSC notice: .
Hazard, in the words of CPSC
Strangulation
CPSC recall 82048 has the recall date 16 Nov 1982. The notice names a person as the firm, and this site does not show the name. The CPSC record gives no number of units. This register puts the recall under the hazard Strangulation. CPSC gives the product type Toy Animals Stuffed/Not Stuffed.
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| Units | The CPSC record gives no number |
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| Description | Serious Strangulation Risks Still Exist In Previously Recalled Stuffed Toys NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 16, 1982 Release # 82-048 CPSC Survey Reveals Serious Strangulation Risks Still Exist In Previously Recalled Stuffed Toys WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A survey by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission revealed that as many as 180,000 stuffed plush mobile animal toys that were originally voluntarily recalled by R. Dakin & Co. in 1979-80, may continue to pose a strangulation hazard to infants. For this reason the importer of the toys, R. Dakin & Co. of San Francisco, has redoubled its efforts to remove the hazard from consumer's hands. The 1982 CPSC survey analysis (the first of its kind conducted) indicated that a majority of Dakin consumers contacted were not aware of the recall. Some who still owned the toy were using it in a manner that placed their children at risk. An eleven-month-old baby girl and an eight-month-old baby boy strangled in the fall of 1979 where in separate incidents, each became entangled in the elastic strings suspending the toy from a crib… |
| Product | R. Dakin Hummbug Bee Embo Elephant Jolly Polly Parrot Stanley Stork Lucky Ladybug Duckswoop Stuffed Toys, Toy Animals Stuffed/Not Stuffed |
| Firm | The CPSC notice gives the name of a person as the firm. This site does not show the names of persons. |
| Made in | Korea |
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The recall in context
- Units in this recall
- not givenMedian of 1982: not given
- CPSC recalls of 1982
- 23
- Recalls of 1982 with one of the same hazards
- 9%
- Recalls of 1982 in the category Toy Animals Stuffed/Not Stuffed
- 17%
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Recall Register. CPSC recall 82048. https://recallregister.com/product/4235-serious-strangulation-risksstill-exist-in-previously-recalled-stuffed/. Source: CPSC Recall Retrieval Web Services. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- US Consumer Product Safety Commission
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- US government work, public domain
- Data retrieved
- 30 Sep 2026
- Newest CPSC recall on the register
- 24 Sep 2026
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Questions
- Does CPSC recall 82048 report injuries?
- The CPSC record of recall 82048 has no incident or injury text.
- Where was the product made?
- The CPSC notice gives:
Korea