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CPSC, Graco Children's Products Announce Recall of Bumble Bee Toys with Blue Antennae

U.S. CPSCChokingJan 14, 2004
Recalled Bumble Bee toy with blue antennae
Recalled Bumble Bee toy with blue antennae
Recalled Bumble Bee toy with blue antennae, sold with Graco Tot Wheels Mobile Entertainer
Recalled Bumble Bee toy with blue antennae, sold with Graco Tot Wheels Mobile Entertainer
Recalled Bumble Bee toy with blue antennae, sold with Graco High Chair
Recalled Bumble Bee toy with blue antennae, sold with Graco High Chair

Photos from the official notice: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission · image rights

Hazard

The blue antennae on the Bumble Bee toy can break, posing a choking hazard to young children.

Remedy

Consumers should discard immediately any Bumble Bee toys with blue antennae in their possession and contact Graco to receive a free replacement toy.

Incidents & injuries

Graco has received 26 reports of the antennae breaking off of the Bumble Bee toys, including five reports of children who started to choke on the broken antennae. One child's throat was scratched when the child's mother removed the broken antenna from the child's mouth.

Product description

All Bumble Bee toys with blue antennae distributed by Graco are included in this recall. Specifically, Bumble Bee toys with blue antennae were distributed with Graco High Chair model numbers 3656CUB, 3658FKB, 3659KER, 3659NGS, 3660WNN and 35605 manufactured between July 22, 2002 and March 9, 2003, and Graco Tot Wheels Mobile Entertainer models 4522OTM, 4522TOTM, 4521ALP, 35628 and 4512FUN manufactured between November 8, 2001 and March 9, 2003. Bumble Bee toys with blue antennae were also distributed separately as an accessory and a replacement part with model number 548094S. Bumble Bee toys with yellow or black antennae are not affected.

Sold on

Discount, department and juvenile product stores, from November 2001 through March 2003, on high chairs and mobile entertainers for between $39 and $89, and individually, as accessories, for $5.

Contact the company

Contact Graco at (800) 258-3213 anytime to receive a free replacement toy.

What should I do?

Stop using the product and follow the remedy below. Contact the company for a refund, repair or replacement — recall remedies are free.

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