When a company makes a toy that turns out to be dangerous, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issues a recall to get it off store shelves and out of consumers' homes.
Some recalls are more effective than others, however.
Recalls affecting hundreds of thousands, even millions of units, inevitably are missed by many consumers. Return both halves of the balls to any Burger King for a free small order of french fries. KFC Tangled Treeples Toys distributed in KFC kids meals in June and July 2000 may pose a suffocation hazard to children under 3 years of age. Return the toy container to any KFC for a free individual-sized item. Fazoli's Pasta Pals distributed in Fazoli's kids meals from January to August 2000 may pose a suffocation hazard to children under 3.