Parents Urged To Remove Pom-Pom From Santa Barney; Choking Risk Cited
CPSC recall 95008. Recall date: .
CPSC recall 95008 has the recall date 17 Oct 1994. The notice names the firm Lyons Group. The CPSC record gives no number of units. This register puts the recall under the hazard Choking. CPSC gives the product type Toy Animals Stuffed/Not Stuffed.
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| Description | October 17, 1994 Release # 95-008 Washington, D.C. - CPSC and the Lyons Group of Richardson, Texas, urge parents who own a 6-inch BARNEY doll with a red and white scarf and red Santa hat to remove a potential choking hazard from the doll. Parents should snip off the small white pom-pom from the tip of the hat to ensure that their child will not choke on the pom-pom.CPSC and the Lyons Group are issuing this safety warning after the company received seven reports of the pom-pom coming off of the hat on the doll. In one case, a child needed medical attention for choking on the pom-pom. The child fully recovered.About 594,000 videotapes and BARNEY dolls with a red and white scarf and red Santa hat were sold nationwide last holiday season in retail stores as the Barney Holiday Gift Pack. The Lyons Group sent notices to retailers, who still have the Santa Barney in stock, to remove the pom-pom before selling the dolls. The Lyons Group, which is also sending 800,000 notices of the choking hazard to members of the Barney Fan Club, removed pom- poms from the dolls for this year's holiday season.Consumers should remove the pom-pom from the doll immediately. The Lyons Group is asking… |
| Product | Barney dolls, Toy Animals Stuffed/Not Stuffed |
| Manufacturer | Lyons Group |
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The recall in context
- Units in this recall
- not givenMedian of 1994: not given
- CPSC recalls of 1994
- 109
- Recalls of 1994 with one of the same hazards
- 32%
- Recalls of 1994 in the category Toy Animals Stuffed/Not Stuffed
- 6%
- Recalls on the register that name Lyons Group
- 1
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Recall Register. CPSC recall 95008. https://recallregister.com/product/5586-parents-urged-to-remove-pom-pom-from-santa-barney-choking-risk-cited/. Source: CPSC Recall Retrieval Web Services. Data through .
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- 30 Sep 2026
- Newest CPSC recall on the register
- 24 Sep 2026
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- Does CPSC recall 95008 report injuries?
- The CPSC record of recall 95008 has no incident or injury text.