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# McDonald’s Recalls 2.3 Million Hello Kitty Happy Meal Toys

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## Video: McDonald’s Recalls 2.3 Million Hello Kitty Happy Meal Toys

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_Published 2014-11-11. McDonald’s has recalled 2.3 million Hello Kitty Happy Meal toys because of a possible choking hazard._


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## Transcript

One would think, if you put together the kid- centric Happy Meals at McDonald's and the cutesy Japanese cartoon Hello Kittie, you'd have a match made in heaven, right? Apparently, not so much. On November tenth, Mickey D's issued a voluntary recall for one of it's Hello Kittie 40th Anniversary Happy Meal toys, due to it being a choking hazard. According to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, since October 31st, there were about 2. 3 million of these Hello Kittie themed whistles distributed in the US. With another 200, 000 in Canada. The recall was issued after McDonald's received two reports that children had coughed out pieces of the toy's red whistle.

One of them had to get medical attention. As far as happy meal go, this isn't McDonald's first time around the block. Though the company's last happy meal recall was some time ago in 2001, with about a quarter of a million scooter bug happy meal toys. Similar to this recall the restaurant chain had received two reports of choking incidents before voluntarily announcing a recall. Two earlier recalls were in 1992 with a Back to the Future car toy and in 1982. When 10 million Playmobil toys were voluntarily recalled. Both were for choking hazards. Those who want to return their recalled Hello Kitty Happy Meals can do so at any McDonald's restaurant in exchange for some yogurt or apple slices.

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