Parents® Busy Time Activity Centers™ are being recalled because the wooden pegs on the xylophone may come loose, posing a choking hazard to young children.
The toy involved is a wooden activity center cube-shaped toy with a multi-colored bead run on the top. It features a 4-tone xylophone and rasp, butterfly and caterpillar spinners, zig-zag drum, castanets, and pockets with “alligator,” “bear,” and “cat” pillow characters.
Only items with wooden pegs showing the date code 400090GC are involved in this recall. You can find the date code on the bottom of the toy’s packaging near the UPC code and on the tags on the bear character.
These toys were sold for around $90 at specialty and gift stores nationwide and through mail order catalogs and online and in Canada from December 2010 through February 2011.
If you have one of these toys, please return it to the store you bought it from for a full refund. Alternatively, contact Manhattan Group for instructions on receiving a replacement item or a full refund. You can contact Manhattan Group at (800) 541-1345 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. CT Monday through Friday or visit their website.