Australia/Canberra: Pinks Fun & Games, a Tuncurry, New South Wales establishment, recalls certain batch/lots of Toy Torches from the Australian marketplace due to suspected failure to comply with Australia’s mandatory Safety Standard For Products Containing Button/Coin Batteries and consequential risks of choking, oral injury, internal ingestion, GI tract laceration and/or sepsis, all serious health and safety hazards requiring immediate medical intervention to minimize pain and suffering as well as prevent life-altering injury or death.
ACCC: https://bit.ly/3zg6IJi
Direct link: https://www.productsafety.gov.au/recalls/pinks-fun-games-%E2%80%94-toy-torch
Additional information:
The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (“ACCC”) reports the following Toy Torches are subject to this recall:
Filed under: ACCC, Children, Choking or asphyxiation hazard, Home & Residential, Ingestion hazard, Labeling or regulatory issues, Toys | Tagged: ACCC, ACCC PRA number: 2023/19761, Bowel Obstruction hazards, button battery hazard, child choking hazard, children, choking hazard, infants, ingestion hazard, ingestion hazards, Laceration hazard, Laceration hazards, oral injury, Recalls Direct RIN: 16950-2023, toy, Toys | Leave a comment »