Product Recall: RichardsandWood Montessori Star Rattles

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Australia/Canberra: RichardsandWood, an Etsy store based in Australia, recalls certain batch/lots of Montessori Wooden Star Baby Rattle Toys from the Australian marketplace due to suspected failure to comply with requirements of Australia’s mandatory standard ‘Consumer Protection Notice No. 14 of 2003 – Consumer Product Safety Standard: Toys for children up to and including 36 months of age’ and consequential risks of choking, oral injury, GI tract laceration damage and bowel obstruction, all serious health and safety hazards requiring immediate medical intervention to minimize pain and suffering as well as prevent life-changing injury.

ACCC: https://rb.gy/6zm72

Direct link: https://www.productsafety.gov.au/recalls/richardsandwood-%E2%80%94-handmade-montessori-star-rattle

Additional information:
The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (“ACCC”) reports the following Children’s Rattle Toys are subject to this recall:

• The RichardsandWood Montessori Wooden Star Rattle Baby Toys, consisting of a woden stick rattle with a star at one end for infants to play with and develop sensory and motor skills. In this case, the Rattles were sold individually as “Pretty Handmade Montessori Star Rattle” and as part of “Montessori Baby Gift Set, Wooden Rattle, Wooden Ball Cylinder, Wooden Star Rattle”.
  

==> No barcodes, APNs, item numbers, manufacturing date codes, production dates, regulatory approval designations, registration numbers, agency approval designations or other identification numbers were listed with this recall notification.

These Wooden Star Baby Rattle Toys are thought to have been marketed, distributed and sold in all Australian states through RichardsandWood on Etsy, although it is always possible these Toy products had wider distribution outside the country. When in doubt, please contact the company for specific product information.

Please consult the photograph above for details of the The RichardsandWood Montessori Wooden Star Baby Rattle Toys’ design and retail presentation.

According to the ACCC, RichardsandWood has recalled certain batch/lots of Montessori Wooden Star Baby Rattle Toys from the Australian marketplace due to suspected failure to comply with requirements of Australia’s mandatory standard ‘Consumer Protection Notice No. 14 of 2003 – Consumer Product Safety Standard: Toys for children up to and including 36 months of age.

Due to this reported defect, small objects could find their way into a young child’s throat and pose choking and/or suffocation hazards and, if placed in the mouth and/or swallowed, pose serious risks of choking, oral injury, internal ingestion, GI tract laceration damage, bowel obstruction and death.

Proposed Remedy:
If you believe you have purchased or have in your possession any of the recalled The RichardsandWood Montessori Wooden Baby Rattle Toys, please do not use them nor let your children play with or near the Toys. Instead, kindly arrange return of the Rattle Toy and receive a full refund.

You can read more about Australia’s Mandatory standard for the design and construction of Toys for children up to and including 36 months here: https://www.productsafety.gov.au/product-safety-laws/safety-standards-bans/mandatory-standards/toys-for-children-up-to-and-including-36-months-of-age.

==> If you have a medical emergency, please contact 0-0-0, your closest hospital or emergency centre equipped to properly treat laceration, choking, GI tract laceration damage and/or bowel obstruction.

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If you have any further questions, comments or complaints about this recall notification, please contact RichardsandWood through Etsy by direct e-mail at rwrefunds@gmail.com.

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More information about this recall:
ACCC PRA number: 2023/19864
Recalls Direct RIN: 17471-2023
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