Wendy’s Felix the Cat Roller Fun Balls Recall
Kids’ product recall 97-082. Announced by CPSC on Mar 10, 1997.
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Mar 10, 1997. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
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What’s wrong with it?
Choking
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What should you do?
The notice gives no remedy in a field of its own.
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Which ones are recalled?
Wendy’s Felix the Cat Roller Fun Balls Recall NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT CPSC: Nychelle White March 10, 1997 (301) 504-7063 Release # 97-082 CONTACT Wendy’s: Denny Lynch (614) 764-3413 CPSC and Determined Productions Inc. Announce Recall of Wendy’s Felix the Cat Roller Fun Balls WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC),Determined Productions Inc. of San Francisco, Calif., is voluntarily recalling about 800,000 Felix the Cat roller fun balls distributed with kids’ meals at Wendy’s restaurants. The glued seam holding both halves of the ball may separate releasing small plastic fish from inside the ball. The small fish present a potential choking hazard to young children. Wendy’s has received two reports of the glued halves of the ball separating and one child starting to choke on the small fish inside. No injuries have been reported. The Felix the Cat roller fun ball is a clear plastic ball containing a plastic figure of Felix the Cat and four small, plastic fish. The fish are colored red, yellow, purple, and green. The plastic ball is 2 1/2 inches in diameter and the fish measure 5/8 inch long by 1/4 inch wide. The balls were packaged in a plastic bag labeled in part, “FELIX THE CAT...ROLLER FUN BALL...WENDY’S KIDS’ MEAL.” The balls were distributed with kids’ meals at Wendy’s restaurants nationwide from February 10 through March 4, 1997. Consumers should immediately take these balls away from young children and return them to their local Wendy’s restaurant for a free replacement toy. For more information, consumers should call Wendy’s International Inc. at (800) 443-7266. No other Felix the Cat toys distributed with Wendy’s kids’ meals are included in this recall.
Wendy’s Felix the Cat roller fun balls.
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Who made and sold it?
- Made by Wendy’s.
- Made by Determined Productions.
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Was anyone hurt?
The notice doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
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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.
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Sources
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recalls API.
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