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70,000 units of popular Amazon teething toy recalled after choking reports

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70,000 units of popular Amazon teething toy recalled after choking reports

A teething toy that has been sold on Amazon for years is being recalled after at least three reports of choking, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).

The GOPO TOYS Pull String Teething Toys “violate the mandatory standard for toys because the silicone strings are smaller and longer than permitted,” the commission said in an alert. “The strings can reach the back of children’s throat and become lodged, posing a serious risk of respiratory distress and deadly choking hazard.”

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The recall was issued on Thursday and includes more than 70,000 units of the product.

Consumers should immediately stop children from using the toy and contact GOPO Toys for a full refund, the commission said, adding that consumers will be asked to destroy it by cutting all the silicon strings and writing “DESTROYED” in permanent marker on the toy.

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A teething toy that has been sold on Amazon for years is being recalled after at least three reports of choking, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission / Unknown)

A photo should be sent to recalls@gopotoys.com and the teething tooth thrown out.

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The toys were sold on Amazon between August 2023 and March 2026 and were distributed from San Bernardino, California, and made in China.

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The toys were sold on Amazon between August 2023 and March 2026 and were distributed from San Bernardino, California, and made in China. (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)

At least three children had the toy reach the back of their throat, “resulting in respiratory distress or choking,” the CPSC said.

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Earlier this month, 40,000 reusable baby bottles sold at Walmart were recalled over a potential choking hazard.

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And in January, the CPSC announced a recall of another teething toy that also had a choking risk after dozens of incidents.

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The recall was announced by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission. (Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Approximately 6,800 Yetonamr pull-string teething toys were recalled at the time due to violations of mandatory toy safety standards.

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The Yetonamr toy is similar in design to the GOPO TOYS product.

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Govt may keep Rs 7,500 cr outlay for IT hardware manufacturing under PLI scheme

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NEW DELHI: The government may keep an outlay of Rs 7,500 crore under the production linked incentive scheme for IT hardware products like personal computers, laptops, tablets and servers, according to a source aware of the development.

Foreign companies looking for incentives under the scheme may have to invest Rs 500 crore over four years, while the threshold for domestic firms is likely to be around Rs 20 crore for five years, the source who did not wish to be named said.

“Meity (Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology) will take the Cabinet approval of the detailed guidelines soon and is hopeful of rolling out the scheme from next financial year. The incentive outlay is likely to be around Rs 7,500 crore,” the source said.

The government has announced a cumulative production linked incentive of Rs 2 lakh crore for 10 sectors to encourage domestic manufacturing after seeing traction of global giants like Apple’s contract manufacturers, Samsung etc for the scheme in the mobile devices segment.

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According to mobile devices industry body ICEA, India has the potential to scale up its cumulative laptop and tablet manufacturing capacity to over Rs 7 lakh crore by 2025 through policy interventions.

Scaling up laptop and tablet PC manufacturing can take the share of India in the global market to 26 per cent from 1 per cent at present.