Fazoli's · Recalled
CPSC, Fazoli's Announce Recall of Toys Included with Kids Meals
The bottom of the container can fit over a child's nose and mouth, which could pose a suffocation hazard to children under 3 years of age.
- Units
- About 310,000
- Reports
- 1
- Injuries
- —
- Deaths
- 0
- Price
- —
- Remedy
- See notice
Reports, injuries, deaths and price are read out of the notice’s wording by rules, so they can miss unusual phrasing. The official notice is the record.
Affected
The toy is a plastic, barrel-shaped container with small, plastic tomato and ravioli figures inside. The Pasta Pals toy's blue container measures about 2.5 inches in diameter and 2 inches deep. Inside are three red tomato figures and three yellow ravioli figures. Children can empty the figures out of the container and link them to form a chain. "FAZOLI'S ITALIAN FOOD...FAST" is imprinted onto the top of the barrel. "(c)2000Fazoli's Management, Inc." and "Made in China" are imprinted into the bottom of the barrel.
The file
- Sold at
- Fazoli's restaurants nationwide included the Pasta Pals toys with Fazoli's Kids Meals from January 2000 through August 2000.
- Product type
- Toy Figures
- Made in
- China
- Recalled by
- Fazoli's Management Inc., of Lexington, Ky.
Incident log
Fazoli's has received one report of a child putting the container over his mouth. No injuries have been reported.
What the notice says to do
Consumers should immediately take the barrel-shaped container away from young children. Discard the container or return it to any Fazoli's restaurant for a free Italian Lemon Ice.
For more information, consumers can call Fazoli's toll-free at (877) 401-7408 anytime or visit the firm's website at http://www.fazolis.com/recall.html
Recall notice published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. This site is independent: always confirm on the official notice before acting.
Notice first dated AUG 29 2000; last revised AUG 18 2026.