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Craft Dolls And Rattles Recalled For Possible Choking Hazards

CPSC recall 89003. Recall date: . Last publish date of the CPSC notice: .

Hazard, in the words of CPSC

Choking

CPSC recall 89003 has the recall date 13 Jan 1989. 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 Choking.

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CPSC recall 89003: incidents, units, products and firms
UnitsThe CPSC record gives no number
Description
Craft Dolls And Rattles Recalled For Possible Choking Hazards NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 13, 1989 Release # 89-003 Craft Dolls And Rattles Recalled For Possible Choking Hazards FOR RELEASE: WASHINGTON, D.C. Six dolls and five rattles are voluntarily being recalled by M. Ginsburg & Co. of Chicago, Illinois, because of possible choking hazards to infants and young children. Sold in craft stores, the dolls and rattles were marketed as decorations. The six dolls are: 3-1/21" Doll #5219; 6-1/2" Baby Doll #5386; 3-1/21" Crawling Baby Doll #5602; 3-1/21" Sitting Baby Doll #5603; 6" Dressed Doll with Crystal Eyes #5613; 5" Sitting Doll with Yarn Hair in Yellow' Pink, Red, Blue, or Rust #5406. These dolls are being recalled because the arms and/or heads can be pulled off and choked on by a young child. The five rattles are: Plastic Clothespin #6599, a 4-1/211 pink or blue clothespin with a painted-on face and cloth ribbon; Plastic Spoon #6600, a 4-1/2" pink or blue spoon with a painted- on face and cloth ribbon; Plastic Safety Pin #6601, a 4-1/211 pink or blue safety pin…
ProductM. Ginsburg Baby Doll toys
ProductM. Ginsburg Crawling Baby Doll toys
ProductM. Ginsburg Doll toys
ProductM. Ginsburg Dressed Doll with Crystal Eyes toys
ProductM. Ginsburg Plastic Clothespin rattles
ProductM. Ginsburg Plastic Rattles, Toy Dolls & Accessories
ProductM. Ginsburg Plastic Safety Pin rattles
ProductM. Ginsburg Plastic Spoon rattles
ProductM. Ginsburg Plastic Telephone rattles, Rattles
ProductM. Ginsburg Sitting Baby Doll toys
ProductM. Ginsburg Sitting Doll with Yarn Hair toys
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The recall in context

Units in this recall
not givenMedian of 1989: not given
CPSC recalls of 1989
80
Recalls of 1989 with one of the same hazards
51%

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Recall Register. CPSC recall 89003. https://recallregister.com/product/4809-craft-dolls-and-rattles-recalled-for-possible-choking-hazards/. Source: CPSC Recall Retrieval Web Services. Data through .

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US Consumer Product Safety Commission
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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 89003 report injuries?
The CPSC record of recall 89003 has no incident or injury text.