Graco Children's Products · Recalled
CPSC, Graco Children's Products Announce Recall of Bumble Bee Toys with Blue Antennae
The blue antennae on the Bumble Bee toy can break, posing a choking hazard to young children.
- Units
- About 398,000
- Reports
- 26
- Injuries
- —
- Deaths
- —
- Price
- $5–$89
- 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
All Bumble Bee toys with blue antennae distributed by Graco are included in this recall. Specifically, Bumble Bee toys with blue antennae were distributed with Graco High Chair model numbers 3656CUB, 3658FKB, 3659KER, 3659NGS, 3660WNN and 35605 manufactured between July 22, 2002 and March 9, 2003, and Graco Tot Wheels Mobile Entertainer models 4522OTM, 4522TOTM, 4521ALP, 35628 and 4512FUN manufactured between November 8, 2001 and March 9, 2003. Bumble Bee toys with blue antennae were also distributed separately as an accessory and a replacement part with model number 548094S. Bumble Bee toys with yellow or black antennae are not affected.
The file
- Sold at
- Discount, department and juvenile product stores, from November 2001 through March 2003, on high chairs and mobile entertainers for between $39 and $89, and individually, as accessories, for $5.
- Product type
- Toy Animals Stuffed/Not Stuffed
- Made in
- China
- Recalled by
- Graco Children's Products, Inc. of Exton, Pa.
Incident log
Graco has received 26 reports of the antennae breaking off of the Bumble Bee toys, including five reports of children who started to choke on the broken antennae. One child's throat was scratched when the child's mother removed the broken antenna from the child's mouth.
What the notice says to do
Consumers should discard immediately any Bumble Bee toys with blue antennae in their possession and contact Graco to receive a free replacement toy.
Contact Graco at (800) 258-3213 anytime to receive a free replacement toy.
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 JAN 14 2004; last revised JAN 16 2025.
