Product Recall: Popping Candy Music Boxes

Click to enlarge

Estimated reading time: seven (7) minutes.

Australia/Canberra: Popping Candy International Pty Ltd, a Bomaderry, New South Wales establishment, recalls certain batch/lots of Music Boxes 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, ingestion,  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://buff.ly/3uwpGfN

Direct link: https://www.productsafety.gov.au/recalls/popping-candy-international-pty-ltd-%E2%80%94-music-box

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

• Popping Candy Music Boxes, consisting of novelty music toys containing a small “button” battery, sold with the company’s Hot Chocolate Design branded shoes.

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

These Popping Candy Music Boxes are thought to have been marketed, distributed and sold in all Australian states, although it is always possible these Toy products had wider distribution outside the country, particularly over the Web. When in doubt, please contact the company for specific product information.

Please consult the photograph above for details of the Baby Teether Toys design and retail presentation.

According to the ACCC, Popping Candy International Pty Ltd. has recalled certain batch/lots of Music Boxes 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 Popping Candy Music Boxes, please do not use them nor let your children play with or near them. Instead, kindly dispose of the Music Box and battery safely. At all times, store the Toys out of reach of children. Retailers accepting returns of this product for safe disposal include B-cycle, Battery World, Bunnings, Planet Ark and Woolworths.

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, GI tract laceration damage and/or bowel obstruction.

---

---

For more information, please contact Popping Candy International Pty Ltd. on 0455 049 250 during normal business hours, Australian Eastern Standard Time (“AEST”), Monday to Friday. You can also reach the company by e-mail at gayle@poppingcandy.com.au.

==> To see other recalls and notifications caused by suspected faulty and/or dangerous Children’s Toys, please search for “toys” using the Search Box at the top of this page.

==> To see other recalls and notifications relating to Infants and Children, please search for “children” using the Search Box at the top of this page.

==> To see other recalls and notifications relating to Choking hazards, please search for “choking” using the Search Box at the top of this page.

==> To see other recalls and notifications relating to Ingestion hazards, please search for “ingestion” using the Search Box at the top of this page.

==> To see other recalls and notifications relating to Laceration hazards, please search for “laceration” using the Search Box at the top of this page.

==> To see other recalls and notifications relating to Suffocation hazards, please search for “suffocation” using the Search Box at the top of this page.

==> To see other recalls and notifications relating to Baby Toys, please search for “toy” using the Search Box at the top of this page.

==> To see other recalls and notifications for products manufactured, marketed and/or sold by Popping Candy International Pty Ltd., please search for “Popping Candy” using the Search Box at the top of this page.

Don’t miss a recall, warning or alert!
==> Get these notifications sent to you automatically! To subscribe to our free Auto-Alert™ service, just use the sign-up box in the upper left-hand corner of this page. Don’t worry, we won’t sell your name or contact details and you can cancel anytime. No problem!

___________________________________________________________

More information about this recall:
ACCC PRA number: 2023/19980
Recalls Direct RIN: 17822-2023
Want to read more about this recall?
==> Please click on the links above to visit the originating site.
Want to read more about other recalls?
==> Please click on the links below.

General information:
More recalls? Back to the main Recalls Direct page:
==> http://www.RecallsDirect.com/
About the Recalls Direct service:
==> http://wp.me/P2bVty-2
Visit the Living Safely site:
==> http://www.LivingSafely.org/
Report an unsafe product you purchased in Australia [external: new window opens]:
==> https://www.productsafety.gov.au/contact-us/for-consumers/report-an-unsafe-product
Search for a recalled product on the ACCC Web site [external: new window opens]:
==> http://www.productsafety.gov.au/recalls/browse-all-recalls

We welcome your feedback:
Want to e-mail or share this recall?
==> Simply use the “Share this” options below.
Is this recall relevant to you? Please let us know!
==> Click on the “Like” button below.
E. & O. E.

___________________________________________________________