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CPSC, Dollar General Corp. Announce Recall of Dive Sticks is CPSC recall #05112, announced on February 16, 2005. The CPSC cites the following hazard: The dive sticks are hard plastic in the shape of worms, fish, and seahorses. The worm dive sticks are sticks with ridges that are green with an orange weighted ball or pink with a yellow weighted ball on the bottom. The fish dive sticks are pink and yellow or green and orange. The seahorse dive sticks are yellow with a blue tail or pink with a yellow tail. All of the dive sticks are about 7 inches long. "Made in China" is written on the fish and seahorses. "Sun and Shade" is written on each package. There are two worms per package and three fish or seahorses per package. The remedy is consumers should take these dive sticks away from children immediately and return them to dollar general stores for a refund, or discard them.. Affected brand: The Dollar General Corp..
The dive sticks are hard plastic in the shape of worms, fish, and seahorses. The worm dive sticks are sticks with ridges that are green with an orange weighted ball or pink with a yellow weighted ball on the bottom. The fish dive sticks are pink and yellow or green and orange. The seahorse dive sticks are yellow with a blue tail or pink with a yellow tail. All of the dive sticks are about 7 inches long. "Made in China" is written on the fish and seahorses. "Sun and Shade" is written on each package. There are two worms per package and three fish or seahorses per package.
Affected products
Dive Sticks
Recalled brands
The Dollar General Corp.
Remedy
Consumers should take these dive sticks away from children immediately and return them to Dollar General stores for a refund, or discard them.
Recall date
February 16, 2005
CPSC recall #05112 covers CPSC, Dollar General Corp. Announce Recall of Dive Sticks, announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on February 16, 2005. The CPSC cites the following hazard: The dive sticks are hard plastic in the shape of worms, fish, and seahorses. The worm dive sticks are sticks with ridges that are green with an orange weighted ball or pink with a yellow weighted ball on the bottom. The fish dive sticks are pink and yellow or green and orange. The seahorse dive sticks are yellow with a blue tail or pink with a yellow tail. All of the dive sticks are about 7 inches long. "Made in China" is written on the fish and seahorses. "Sun and Shade" is written on each package. There are two worms per package and three fish or seahorses per package.
The CPSC remedy for recall #05112 is consumers should take these dive sticks away from children immediately and return them to dollar general stores for a refund, or discard them.. Consumers should stop using the product and follow the instructions in the official CPSC notice.
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The primary source is the official CPSC notice at https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2005/CPSC-Dollar-General-Corp-Announce-Recall-of-Dive-Sticks. RecallDocket links to it from this page.
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