CPSC, Fisher-Price Announce Recall of Little People® Animal Sounds Farms
Kids’ product recall 03-111. Announced by CPSC on Apr 23, 2003.
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Apr 23, 2003. 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?
Two small metal screws that hold the toy “stall doors” in place can come off, posing an aspiration or choking hazard to young children.
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What should you do?
Consumers should take the toy away from young children immediately and contact Fisher-Price to receive a free repair kit.
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- How to reach the firm: Contact Fisher-Price toll-free at (866) 259-7873 anytime to receive a free repair kit. Consumers also can log on to www.service.mattel.com to determine if their product is among the recalled models and to order the free repair kit online.
Which ones are recalled?
The recalled Little People® Animal Sounds Farms are shaped like a barn and make animal sounds when the doors of the cow or horse stall are opened. The recalled toys have a model number of 77973 or 77746 and a six-character manufacturing date code that begins with 168 through 212, followed by the number 2 as the fourth digit. Both the model number and date code can be found on the underside of the green ramp. The Fisher-Price logo appears at the top of the tallest side of the barn in red and white.
About 67,000 units, as CPSC gives them.
Little People® Animal Sounds Farms.
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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?
- Made by Fisher-Price, East Aurora, N.Y.
- Mass merchants and toy stores nationwide sold these toys, between July 2002 and December 2002, for about $30.
- Made in Mexico, as the notice gives it.
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Was anyone hurt?
Fisher-Price has received 33 reports of the screws coming off of the toy, including four reports where a screw was found in the child’s mouth and one report of a child that aspirated a screw into his lung. The latter case required the child to be hospitalized and undergo emergency surgery to remove the screw from his lung.
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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.