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Product recalls: Toy mobile phones; Children's flashlights; Hooded sweat shirts
Friday, March 10, 2006

Toy mobile phones
International Playthings Inc. is recalling about 50,500 iPlay My First Mobile Phones. The toy phone's yellow antenna can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children.

My First Mobile Phone is a red-and-blue flip-style mobile phone with a yellow bear on the cover and a yellow hard plastic antenna. Inside the flip phone are five round orange numeric buttons, as well as a sun button. The phone sounds with various ring tones when the buttons are depressed. On the inside top cover on the phone is a mirror and a spinning star with a lady bug button. "Made in China" is printed on the back of the battery cover.

Specialty toy stores sold the phones from August 2002 through November 2005 for about $13.

Consumers should contact the firm to receive information on returning the product to receive a free replacement item of similar value.

Contact International Playthings at 1-800-445-8347 anytime or visit the firm's Web site at www.intplay.com/recall.htm.

Children's flashlights
The Little Tikes Co. is recalling about 20,800 Glowin' Dino and Glowin' Doggy animal flashlights. The light green paint on the dinosaur-shaped flashlight and the brown paint on the dog-shaped flashlight could contain excess levels of lead. Lead is toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health effects.

The Glowin' Dino flashlight and the Glowin' Doggy flashlight are about 9 inches long and make an electronic sound when switched on. The green dinosaur roars, and the white and brown dog barks. Only flashlights with the following date codes are included in the recall: LC5H161, LC5H291, LC5I031, LC5I091, LC5I131, LC5J061, LC5J231 and LC5J311. The date codes are found on the bottom of the flashlights.

Target stores sold the flashlights from November through December for about $10.

Consumers should contact Little Tikes for more information. Consumers will get a free replacement flashlight or refund.

Contact The Little Tikes Co. toll-free at 1-866-765-6729 anytime, or visit the company's Web site at littletikes.com.

Hooded sweat shirts
Next Marketing Inc. is recalling about 22,000 youth hooded fleece with drawstring. The garments have a drawstring through the hood, posing a strangulation hazard to children.

The recalled youth hooded fleece garments were sold in a variety of colors and many of them have the names of colleges and universities printed or embroidered on them. A sewn-in tag reads, "Lil Fan" or "LF 2."

Web retailers, college book stores and department stores sold the garments from September 2003 through Dec. 10, 2005, for about $15.

Consumers should remove or cut the drawstrings to eliminate the hazard, or return the garment to the store where purchased for help in removing the drawstring.

For additional information, contact Next Marketing Inc. toll-free at 1-866-871-9978 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

First published on March 10, 2006 at 12:00 am
Source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, www.cpsc.gov
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