Lee Carter Company Infant Rattle poses choking hazard

Lee Carter Company, based in San Francisco, CA is having a bad week.  Earlier Safety Spot wrote about a recall of Lee Carter's set of 12 Mexican wrestling figures due to excessive lead in the paint.  In addition to that recall, the company just announced another recall for 25,000 Infant Rattles.

The handle of the rattle is small enough to fit into the back of the throat, creating a choking hazard for infants. The federal safety requirement for rattles (16 CFR 1510) restricts any part of a rattle from “entering and penetrating to the full depth of a cavity in a test fixture with dimensions shown in figure 1.”

The colorful woven-plastic rattle has a bell captured inside and measures 4-1/2” from end to end. The retail hangtag is printed with the words “Made in Mexico” and “Lee Carter Company.” Just as with the wrestling figures also recalled this week, the rattles were sold in Mexican craft stores across the USA.

The Rattles involved in this recall, sold for $4 each from February 2011 and through October 2011.  Consumers who have purchased these figures should scour the kids’ toy boxes and remove them immediately and return them to Lee Carter Co. for a refund replacement product credit.

The company can be contacted directly by collect call to (415) 824-2004 or via their website at http://www.leecartercompany.com.