Goodbye Kitty: McD's recalls Happy Meal toys

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McDonald's is recalling about 2.3 million Hello Kitty toys that came with some of its Happy Meals because they pose a choking risk.

The item in question is a red whistle that came with the Happy Meal Hello Kitty Birthday Lollipop Toy (No. 6) -- a plastic Hello Kitty figurine holding a pink heart-shaped lollipop.

The whistle can be removed from the toy and used to make sounds by inhaling and exhaling.

The company received two reports of children who sucked the whistles into their mouths and coughed out pieces. One child needed medical attention, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said.

McDonald's said it produced about 2.3 million of the toys, and they were distributed nationwide and in Canada with Happy Meals and Mighty Kids Meals from October through the first week of November as part of Hello Kitty's 40th anniversary celebrations.

The company said Monday it has recovered 70% of the whistles, about 1.6 million.

 

For more information, call McDonald's at (800) 244-6227 or visit www.mcdonalds.com.

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[ACTIONpack]

So if I choke on the toy will I get money for it? ;)

[+Warwagon MVC]

Natural Selection at its finest.

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Couldn't they just dump these toys on chicken wire ?

 

If it falls thru, it flunks.

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Multi-billion dollar empire that can't ensure a toy intended for children is safe for children. What next? Lead in the milkshakes?

[theyarecomingforyou]

Natural Selection at its finest.

Yeah, because a failure in quality control that has claimed no lives clearly has a direct impact upon inherited genes.  :rolleyes:

[compl3x]

Yeah, because a failure in quality control that has claimed no lives clearly has a direct impact upon inherited genes.  :rolleyes:

 

Natural selection by choking on a toy synthetically made from petrochemicals. That must of been the chapter Darwin left out. He didn't want to be too controversial.

[Torolol]

ah, now I see if brain education are included in natural selections process, and not just your physical prowess.