Popular Happy Meal Toy Under Product Recall From McDonalds Due to Choking Hazard

A very popular Hello Kitty Happy Meal toy is now under a product recall from McDonalds because it can present a choking hazard to children.

The item is a red whistle, which is part of a Hello Kitty Birthday Lollipop Toy. The whistle can be found inside a plastic Hello Kitty, which holds a pink heart-shaped lollipop in her hand.

McDonalds received two reports of children who sucked the whistles into their mouths, then coughed out pieces. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission report on the product recall, one child needed medical attention.

About 2.3 million of the whistles under product recall were distributed in the US, and about 200,000 were distributed in Canada. As of Monday, November 10th, McDonalds said the product recall had helped it remove 1.6 million of the whistles from franchises, which is about 70%.

The company has also asked that parents immediately take the toys away from children. McDonalds has offered to replace the toy with a different Happy Meal toy, as well as offer a free yogurt tube or a bag of apple slices.

“Nothing is more important to us than the safety of our customers and this includes the toys we offer them,” the company said.

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Every year, thousands of consumers sustain serious injuries from defective products, and improper or delayed product recalls. Many of these injuries could be avoided if the manufacturers or distributors of these products took additional steps to ensure consumer safety, such as issuing product recalls in a timely fashion. Although any product could be subject to a recall due to improper testing, some of the most common product recalls are for automobiles and automotive parts, drugs and medical devices, and children’s toys.

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Consumers that have been harmed by defective products such as drugs, medical devices, or other products, may be eligible to receive legal remedies. Such legal remedies, or damages, may include compensation for medical expenses, lost wages, loss of physical capacity, pain, suffering, and mental anguish. Punitive damages are also available in many jurisdictions to punish defendants in those cases involving particularly egregious conduct which demonstrates a reckless or wanton disregard for the safety of the public.

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