CPSC, Fazoli’s Announce Recall of Toys Included with Kids Meals
Kids’ product recall 00-171. Announced by CPSC on Aug 29, 2000.
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Aug 29, 2000. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
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.
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What should you 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.
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- How to reach the firm: 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
Which ones are recalled?
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.
About 310,000 units, as CPSC gives them.
Pasta Pals toys included with Fazoli’s Kids Meals.
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CPSC’s photos
CPSC shows 1 photo on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.
Who made and sold it?
- Imported by Fazoli’s Management Inc., Lexington, Ky.
- Fazoli’s restaurants nationwide included the Pasta Pals toys with Fazoli’s Kids Meals from January 2000 through August 2000.
- Made in China, as the notice gives it.
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Was anyone hurt?
Fazoli’s has received one report of a child putting the container over his mouth. No injuries have been reported.
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What the record doesn’t say
- The notice lists no UPCs, so check the model, the description and the photos.
- The notice lists no model numbers in a field of their own; its description may give them.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recalls API.
Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
Recalls of kids’ and home products are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record. Copied on Oct 19, 2026.