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Cool Flute and Binoculars Recalled by Kellogg

CPSC recall 88118. Recall date: . Last publish date of the CPSC notice: .

Hazard, in the words of CPSC

Choking

CPSC recall 88118 has the recall date 28 Dec 1988. The notice names the firm Kellogg. The CPSC record gives no number of units. This register puts the recall under the hazard Choking. CPSC gives the product type Food.

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CPSC recall 88118: incidents, units, products and firms
UnitsThe CPSC record gives no number
Description
Cool Flute and Binoculars Recalled by Kellogg NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 28, 1988 Release # 88-118 Kellogg Company Voluntarily Recalls Two Toy Premiums BATTLE CREEK, MICH. -- In cooperation with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Kellogg Company announced today that it is voluntarily recalling two promotional toys, "Cool Flute" and "Binoculars," packaged in some of its products because they fail to comply with CPSC's small parts regulations. Approximately 30 million of these items were distributed nationally beginning in the spring of 1988. Kellogg Company and the CPSC share a concern that when subjected to use and abuse testing these premiums may break into small parts and pose a potential choking hazard to children under three years of age. The "Cool Flute" is a plastic musical toy with two plastic tubes connected to a mouthpiece. Only the "Cool Flute" found in Corn POPS cereal is affected by this recall. "Cool Flute" toys found in other products are not subject to this action. While Kellogg has received no complaints of injuries related to…
ProductKellogg Binoculars toys, Food
ProductKellogg Corn Pops Cool Flute toys, Toy Musical Instruments
ManufacturerKellogg

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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 Food
1%
Recalls on the register that name Kellogg
3

Other recalls of the firm

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Recall Register. CPSC recall 88118. https://recallregister.com/product/4806-cool-flute-and-binoculars-recalled-by-kellogg/. 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 88118 report injuries?
The CPSC record of recall 88118 has no incident or injury text.
How many CPSC recalls name Kellogg?
3 CPSC recalls on this register name Kellogg. This recall is 1 of them.