FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 13, 2000
Release # 00-053
| Company Phone Number: (877) 293-2327
CPSC Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: Nychelle Fleming, (301) 504-7063
Vermont Teddy Bear Co. POC: Cal Workman, (802) 985-1362
|
CPSC, Vermont Teddy Bear Co.® and Zany Brainy, Inc.® Announce Recall of Skateboard Keychains Sold With Teddy Bears
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC), The Vermont Teddy Bear Co.,® of Shelburne, Vt., and
Zany Brainy, Inc.,® of King of Prussia, Pa., are recalling about
15,500 miniature skateboard keychains attached to Z.Z. Jamboarder teddy
bears. The skateboards' wheels can come off, posing a choking hazard to
young children.
The firms are aware of two reports of wheels coming off these
skateboards, but no injuries have been reported.
The skateboard keychain is about 3.75 inches long with red wheels.
Z.Z. Jamboarder is a light brown teddy bear, about 15 inches long and
wears a white shirt, jeans, a purple hat and sunglasses. The shirt and
skateboard have matching emblems showing a bear head inside a red
circle. The skateboard keychain is attached to a loop on the right side
of the bear's jeans. A sewn-in tag under the left arm of the bear reads,
"Z.Z. Jamboarder
|
