# CPSC, Eight Firms Announce the Recall of Zapper Toys
> **CPSC recall** · 2001-03-19 · 01110 · 1 injuries reported
## Recall
- **Number:** 01110
- **Date:** 2001-03-19
- **Injuries reported:** 1
## Products

Bug Zapper toys

## Hazards

The balloon tongues and the cylinders holding the tongues on these toys can detach, posing a choking and aspiration hazard to young children.

## Retailer(s)

Toy stores, doctor and dentist offices, and carnivals and circuses sold and distributed these toys, from October 1998 through March 2001. They were sold for about $1.

## Country of manufacture

China

## Description

The vinyl Zapper toys are about 2 to 3 inches long, and come in 12 different styles: smiley face, globe with glasses, troll, bumble bee, lion, bear, tiger, raspberry face, fish, frog, snake, and lizard. When the toy is squeezed, the balloon tongue attached to its mouth inflates or rolls out. "CHINA" or "MADE IN CHINA" is molded into the toy.

## Source
- [CPSC recall page](https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2001/CPSC-Eight-Firms-Announce-the-Recall-of-Zapper-Toys)
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