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Ice Cream Scoops Recalled by Associated Merchandising

CPSC recall 87039. Recall date: . Last publish date of the CPSC notice: .

Hazard, in the words of CPSC

Laceration

CPSC recall 87039 has the recall date 9 Jul 1987. The notice names the firm Foleys/Sanger Harris. The CPSC record gives no number of units. This register puts the recall under the hazard Laceration. CPSC gives the product type Ice Cream Scoops.

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CPSC recall 87039: incidents, units, products and firms
UnitsThe CPSC record gives no number
Description
Ice Cream Scoops Recalled by Associated Merchandising NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 09, 1987 Release # 87-039 ICE CREAM SCOOPS RECALLED WASHINGTON, DC --In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the Associated Merchandising Corporation (AMC), New York, New York, today announced a voluntary recall of certain ice cream scoops imported by the company. These scoops have a ceramic ice cream cone-shaped handle which may crack under pressure, resulting in potentially severe cuts from the broken pieces of the handle. Nine complaints have been reported to AMC with two incidents involving serious cuts or injury. Approximately, 6,000 units of the affected ice cream scoops were distributed to retail stores nationwide from November, 1986 to March, 1987. The ice cream scoop handle is ceramic, shaped like an ice cream cone, and comes in four pastel colors - yellow, pink, green, and blue. The box is pink with a clear plastic lid. The side of the box is labeled with the style number L-0971 and "Made in Japan". A list of AMC retail stores that sold the ice…
ProductIce Cream Scoops
ProductAMC ice cream scoops
ManufacturerFoleys/Sanger Harris; Goldsmiths; Pranges; Liberty House of Hawaii; Dayton/Hudson
Made inJapan

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The recall in context

Units in this recall
not givenMedian of 1987: not given
CPSC recalls of 1987
49
Recalls of 1987 with one of the same hazards
18%
Recalls of 1987 in the category Ice Cream Scoops
2%
Recalls on the register that name Foleys/Sanger Harris
1

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Recall Register. CPSC recall 87039. https://recallregister.com/product/4703-ice-cream-scoops-recalled-by-associated-merchandising/. Source: CPSC Recall Retrieval Web Services. Data through .

Sources

Source
US Consumer Product Safety Commission
Licence
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 87039 report injuries?
The CPSC record of recall 87039 has no incident or injury text.
Where was the product made?
The CPSC notice gives: Japan