# K Mart Recalls Squeeze Toys & Telephone Rattles
> **CPSC recall** · 1988-10-11 · 88083
## Recall
- **Number:** 88083
- **Date:** 1988-10-11
## Products

Baby's First Playball squeeze toys; Baby's First Squeeze Toys; Telephone Receiver Rattle toys

## Hazards

Choking

## Manufacturer(s)

Kmart

## Description

October 11, 1988 Release # 88-083 K Mart Recalls Squeeze Toys and Telephone Rattles WASHINGTON, D.C.-- K Mart Corporation of Troy, Michigan, is voluntarily recalling an estimated 81,000 "Baby's First Squeeze Toys" and an estimated 75, 000 "Baby's First Playball" squeeze toys, which sold for less than $1.00 at K Mart stores since November 1987 and also an estimated 33,000 plastic "Telephone Receiver Rattles" which sold for less than $2 stores since December, 1987.Consumers should immediately take the squeeze toys and rattles away from infants and return them to any K Mart store for a full refund of the purchase price. The squeakers in the squeeze toys may come out and could present a potential choking hazard to children under three years of age. The "Baby's First Squeeze Toys" came in three shapes: a telephone receiver, a barbell, and a dumbbell. The package was labeled "Baby's First Squeeze Toys", product code "#28-17-93." The playball squeeze toys came in the form of a baseball, a basketball, and a soccer ball. The package was labeled "Baby's First Playball," product code "#28-17-96."The rattles are shaped like a telephone receiver. They may break and produce plastic pieces and beads, which could present a choking hazard and may cut infants. The package was labeled "Plastic Telephone Receiver Rattle," product code "#28-17-86."U.S. Customs Service and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission identified the rattles and squeeze toys during their joint surveillance program at the ports of Charleston, Dallas and Savannah

## Source
- [CPSC recall page](https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/1988/K-Mart-Recalls-Squeeze-Toys-Telephone-Rattles)
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