Recalls

Although there are dozens of product recalls every month, most of which go unnoticed by the public, here are a few that should be of interest to Mainers and others:

Kiddieland Toys Limited has recalled about 12,000 Disney Fairies Plastic Racing Trikes.  The plastic fairy figures protrude from the top of the handle bar posing a laceration hazard.

Approximately 85,000 tins of butter cookies have been recalled by Rite Aid because of the possibility of contamination.

Smucker has recalled thousands of jars of 16-ounce Smucker's Natgural Peanut Butter Chunky because of the possibility of salmonella contamination.
   
About 5,400 Cub Scout Wind Tech jackets imported from China and sold by Boy Scouts of America have been recalled due to cords with toggles at the hood/neck area and the waist which can pose a strangulation hazard.

Build-A-Bear Workshop of St. Louis has recalled its swimwear Set with inflatable inner tube which can be pulled over a small child's head posing a strangulation hazard.

Because the steering tie-rod can bend, causing a loss of control, about1,384 Artic Can All-Terrain Vehicles have been recalled by Artic Cat, Inc.

And here's a big one: Toyota Motor Company has recalled 550,000 vehicles worldwide to replace an engine component that could hamper steering.