Recall: BRIO Recalls Baby Rattles Due to Choking Hazard

Description: This recall involves BRIO soft hammer baby rattle toys. They have a wooden handle with a white plastic teething ring at one end and a red, yellow, white and green hammer head at the other end. BRIO is stamped on the hammer head. The rattle is about 5 inches long.

Name of product: BRIO soft hammer rattles

Units: About 1,500 (in addition, about 190 rattles were sold in Canada)

Manufacturer: BRIO, of Sweden

Hazard: The wooden rings on the hammer rattles can crack, posing a choking hazard to children.

Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled baby rattles and contact BRIO for instructions on how to receive a full refund or a replacement product of similar value.

Recall date: August 15, 2017

Incidents/Injuries: BRIO has received seven reports of the wooden ring cracking. No injuries have been reported.

Sold At: Home Goods, Kidding Around, Nordstrom and other specialty toy and mass retailer stores nationwide and online at Amazon.com, from March 2015 through June 2017 for about $13.

Manufactured in: China

Consumer contact: BRIO, through North American distributor Ravensburger, at www.brio.us and click on Recalls at the bottom of the page or call 800-886-1236 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday for more information.

Recall number: 17-207