K Mart Recalls Squeeze Toys & Telephone Rattles
CPSC recall 88083. Recall date: . Last publish date of the CPSC notice: .
Hazard, in the words of CPSC
Choking
CPSC recall 88083 has the recall date 11 Oct 1988. The notice names the firm Kmart. The CPSC record gives no number of units. This register puts the recall under the hazard Choking. CPSC gives the product type Toy Balls.
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| Units | The CPSC record gives no number |
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| Description | October 11, 1988 Release # 88-083 K Mart Recalls Squeeze Toys and Telephone Rattles WASHINGTON, D.C.-- K Mart Corporation of Troy, Michigan, is voluntarily recalling an estimated 81,000 "Baby's First Squeeze Toys" and an estimated 75, 000 "Baby's First Playball" squeeze toys, which sold for less than $1.00 at K Mart stores since November 1987 and also an estimated 33,000 plastic "Telephone Receiver Rattles" which sold for less than $2 stores since December, 1987.Consumers should immediately take the squeeze toys and rattles away from infants and return them to any K Mart store for a full refund of the purchase price. The squeakers in the squeeze toys may come out and could present a potential choking hazard to children under three years of age. The "Baby's First Squeeze Toys" came in three shapes: a telephone receiver, a barbell, and a dumbbell. The package was labeled "Baby's First Squeeze Toys", product code "#28-17-93." The playball squeeze toys came in the form of a baseball, a basketball, and a soccer ball. The package was labeled "Baby's First Playball," product code "#28-17-96."The rattles are shaped like a telephone receiver. They may break and produce plastic pieces and… |
| Product | Baby's First Playball squeeze toys, Toy Balls |
| Product | Baby's First Squeeze Toys, Toy Miscellaneous |
| Product | Telephone Receiver Rattle toys, Rattles |
| Manufacturer | Kmart |
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The recall in context
- Units in this recall
- not givenMedian of 1988: not given
- CPSC recalls of 1988
- 75
- Recalls of 1988 with one of the same hazards
- 39%
- Recalls of 1988 in the category Toy Balls
- 1%
- Recalls on the register that name Kmart
- 32
Other recalls of the firm
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Recall Register. CPSC recall 88083. https://recallregister.com/product/4779-k-mart-recalls-squeeze-toys-telephone-rattles/. 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 88083 report injuries?
- The CPSC record of recall 88083 has no incident or injury text.
- How many CPSC recalls name Kmart?
- 32 CPSC recalls on this register name Kmart. This recall is 1 of them.