Stuffed Baby Chicks Recalled by New Angles/Wallace & Hickory Valley
CPSC recall 83020. Recall date: . Last publish date of the CPSC notice: .
Hazard, in the words of CPSC
Poisoning
CPSC recall 83020 has the recall date 13 Apr 1983. The notice names the firm New Angles/Wallace Oaks. The CPSC record gives no number of units. This register puts the recall under the hazard Poisoning. CPSC gives the product type Toy Animals Stuffed/Not Stuffed.
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| Description | Stuffed Baby Chicks Recalled by New Angles/Wallace & Hickory Valley NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 13, 1983 Release # 83-020 Recall Of Stuffed Baby Chicks Washington, D.C. -- The U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and two importers, New Angles/Wallace Oaks and Hickory Valley, both of Ojai, California, announce the recall of dead, stuffed baby chicks, ducklings, and goslings which contain the poison, arsenic. The articles were distributed nationally through gift shops, florists, and florist suppliers. The stuffed birds have been marketed in various ways, including mounted on a small base, or in a basket or floral arrangement. The stuffed birds were imported from mainland China and the recall involves less than 25,000 units. The CPSC began its investigation on April 5, 1983, and had samples in various state and Federal agency laboratories by April 6. The results of these tests confirm the presence of arsenic as earlier reported by the State of Ohio. These results showed arsenic to be present in significant amounts in the skin and down of the stuffed birds. The… |
| Product | Stuffed baby chicks, Toy Animals Stuffed/Not Stuffed |
| Manufacturer | New Angles/Wallace Oaks; Hickory Valley |
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The recall in context
- Units in this recall
- not givenMedian of 1983: not given
- CPSC recalls of 1983
- 23
- Recalls of 1983 with one of the same hazards
- 9%
- Recalls of 1983 in the category Toy Animals Stuffed/Not Stuffed
- 4%
- Recalls on the register that name New Angles/Wallace Oaks
- 1
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Recall Register. CPSC recall 83020. https://recallregister.com/product/4327-stuffed-baby-chicks-recalled-by-new-angles-wallace-hickory-valley/. Source: CPSC Recall Retrieval Web Services. Data through .
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- Data retrieved
- 30 Sep 2026
- Newest CPSC recall on the register
- 24 Sep 2026
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Questions
- Does CPSC recall 83020 report injuries?
- The CPSC record of recall 83020 has no incident or injury text.