More than 3.2 million “Calico Critters” toys are being recalled amid fears that they present a choking hazard to children, officials said Thursday.
The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission and Epoch Everlasting Play, of Pine Brook, New Jersey, jointly announced the recall.
They’re calling for a return of “all Calico Critters flocked animal figures and sets that were sold with bottle and pacifier accessories,” according to a commission statement.
The company is “aware of three incidents involving the pacifier accessory, including two deaths,” one involving a 2-year-old in 2018 in New Mexico, and the other a 9-month-old who died in 2015 in Japan, according to the commission.
Most of the toys were sold at Walmart, Meijer, the company’s own website and Amazon.
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