RadioShack Corp. Recalls Toy Pliers Due to Choking Hazard

March 28, 2006 - WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Name of Product: Child Guidance Toy Pliers

Units: About 25,000

Importer/Retailer: RadioShack Corp., of Fort Worth, Texas

Hazard: The toy's sliding yellow knob can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children.

Incidents/Injuries: RadioShack has received three reports of the sliding yellow knob on these toys detaching. In two of these reports, children were found to be mouthing these knobs. No injuries have been reported.

Description: The recall involves the Child Guidance "Busy Baby Activity Tool Pliers," which are about 6-inches long. The plastic toy has an orange handle, a red center knob and a yellow sliding knob on the side. The red center knob has "child GUIDANCE" written on it. The battery-operated toy makes various electronic sounds, plays music and has flashing lights. The pliers also contain multicolored beads. A label on the back reads, "RadioShack."

Sold at: RadioShack stores nationwide and the RadioShack Web site from August 2004 through February 2006 for about $6.

Manufactured in: China

Remedy: Consumers should take these toy pliers away from children and return them to any RadioShack store for a refund.

Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact RadioShack at (800) 843-7422 anytime, or go to the firm's Web site at www.radioshack.com.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from more than 15,000 types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $700 billion annually. The CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard or can injure children. The CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters, and household chemicals - contributed significantly to the 30 percent decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 30 years.

To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury, call CPSC's hotline at (800) 638-2772 or CPSC's teletypewriter at (800) 638-8270, or visit CPSC's web site at www.cpsc.gov/talk.html. To join a CPSC email subscription list, please go to www.cpsc.gov/cpsclist.asp. Consumers can obtain this release and recall information at CPSC's Web site at www.cpsc.gov.