CPSC recall 01-110, announced March 19, 2001, covers Bonita Marie International Bug Zapper toys (about 835,000 units). The balloon tongues and the cylinders holding the tongues on these toys can detach, posing a choking and aspiration hazard to young children. Consumers should immediately take these toys away from young children and take them back to where they were purchased, for a refund, or throw them away.
Compare the model on your label, then check any serial numbers, date codes, and exclusions in the notice. A model match alone does not confirm that your unit is included.
The CPSC data does not provide a discrete model-number list for this record. Compare the product description and identification details on the official notice.
Which products are included?
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.
Confirm these details on the official CPSC noticeWhy it was recalled
The balloon tongues and the cylinders holding the tongues on these toys can detach, posing a choking and aspiration hazard to young children.
Incidents and injuries
The Promotional Resources Group of Companies Inc., of Topeka, Kan., previously recalled about 105,000 Bug Zapper toys on June 6, 2000. That company received a report of a 3-year-old boy who inhaled a balloon tongue that detached from a Zapper toy into his sinus cavity. He required medical treatment to remove the part from his nose.
Official remedy
Consumers should immediately take these toys away from young children and take them back to where they were purchased, for a refund, or throw them away.
Product and sales details
- Brand
- Bonita Marie International
- Product type
- Toys & play sets
- Recall number
- 01-110
- Units
- About 835,000
- Manufactured in
- China
- Sold at / sales period
- 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.
- Distributor
- Bonita Marie International Inc., of Manasquan, N.J., Dillon Importing Co., of Oklahoma City, Okla., Oriental Trading Co. Inc., of Omaha, Neb., Play By Play Toys & Novelties Inc., of San Antonio, Texas, Rhode Island Novelty, of Johnston, R.I., Sherman Specialty Co. Inc., of Merrick, N.Y., Toy Investment Inc., of Kent, Wash., U.S. Toy Co. Inc., of Grandview, Mo.
Bug Zapper toys
CPSC product type: Toy Animals Stuffed/Not Stuffed
Recall contact information
If consumers have questions, call CPSC at (800) 638- 2772 anytime.
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