Thousands of toys recalled for choking risk

updated 4:28 p.m. ET April 11, 2007

About 78,500 “Sounds on the Farm” and “Sounds on the Go” puzzles, distributed by Small World Toys, have been recalled because the knobs on top of the pieces can detach, pose a choking risk. The company has received 42 reports of detached knobs.

The puzzles make sounds when the pieces are lifted by the knobs. The “Sounds on the Farm” puzzle features animal noises and the “Sounds on the Go” puzzle makes features motor sounds. The puzzles were sold with brand names “Puzzibilities” and “Ryan’s Room.” They have “2003 Small World Toys” and the numbers 24101 or 24102 printed on the bottom.

Puzzles using the Puzzibilities brand name were sold at toy stores and other stores around the country and in catalogues between June 2003 and February 2007. Puzzles using the Ryan’s Room brand name were sold at Target stores around the country between January 2006 and February 2007. For more information, visit the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Web site.

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