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Urgent recall for popular children's toy over deadly choking risk

Urgent recall for popular children's toy over deadly choking risk

Parents are being urged to check their children's toys for a set of building blocks which have been recalled due to fears of choking, which could be fatal.

A notice for Anko's Play & Learn Wobbly Blocks was issued by the consumer watchdog on Thursday.

It typically comes as a 75-piece set of coloured plastic building blocks.

The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) said the sets were sold between January 14 and February 13 in Kmart stores nationwide and online.

'The product may not comply with the mandatory standard for toys for children up to and including 36 months of age,' the recall notice said. 

'The tub may include small loose fragments of offcuts from the moulded block components.'

This would mean a 'risk of serious injury or death from choking if children swallow small loose fragments of the plastic off-cut components'.

The warning applied to product number: SKU - 43639533. 

Anko's 75-piece Wobbly Blocks set has been recalled due to safety concerns

The ACCC said the tub may include small loose fragments of offcuts

The ACCC said the tub may include small loose fragments of offcuts 

Parents have been told to 'stop using the product immediately and keep out of reach [of] children'.

Any Australian who owns one of the sets has been urged to thoroughly check inside the tub and play area for loose plastic offcuts, before removing and disposing of them.

Alternatively, parents can return the product to the place of purchase for a full refund.

Anyone who has not been able to return the product, sold a set or gifted it to another person can contact the place of purchase.

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