Health Canada, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (US CPSC) and Hachette Book Group, Inc. have jointly recalled the children's books, "Count my kisses, 1, 2, 3" and "red, green, blue, I love you" with the following ISBN codes:
The board books have beads strung on metal rods which can detach, posing a potential choking hazard and/or laceration hazard.
While Health Canada nor Hachette Book Group, Inc. have not received any reports of incidents in relation to the books, customers are advised to remove the books from children immediately and return them for a full refund from to the place of purchase.
For further information, customers can contact Hachette Book Group, Inc. by telephone at 1-888-965-5802 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST Monday through Friday, or visit the company's website.
From June 2013 to August 2013, approximately 3,423 books were sold in Canada, and approximately 70,000 in the United States.
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