clarinews@clarinet.com (GARY SILVERMAN) (02/02/90)
WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the nationwide recalls of the two toys Thursday -- the Little Triplets doll and baby bottle set and the Chicco brand Activity Gym. Henry Gordy International of Plainfield, N.J., is recalling 43,000 of the doll and baby bottle sets because the bottle caps and nipples pose a choking hazard to small children, the commission said. The Toys R Us chain based of Paramus, N.J., is recalling 12,000 of the gyms, which are hung across cribs, because of a strangulation hazard. The label on the box of the crib toy recommends its use for children from 6 months to 18 months. But the CPSC said toys hung across a crib or a playpen should be removed when a baby reaches 5 months or begins to push up on its hands and knees. Children able to pull themselves up can fall across crib toys and be strangled, the CPSC said. The commission said it knew of no injuries caused by the doll and baby bottle set or the crib gym. However, it said similar crib toys have caused the deaths of infants over 5 months old. The commission recommended parents take the toys away from children and return them to the place of purchase for a refund. Toys R Us stores will have a photograph of the crib toy so parents can identify it. The crib gym, sold nationwide for about $13 each, is attached to a crib or playpen with a white strap and blue buckles. Suspended on the strap is a yellow plastic box with a music box inside. The word ``Chicco'' is molded on the yellow plastic, and No. 62930.0 appears in several places on the toy package. The Little Triplets set, marked item No. 299, was sold in a clear plastic blister package and contains three bottles -- two white and one orange -- and four naked plastic dolls. The toy was sold nationwide from 1988 to 1989 for less than $2.