세계 최대의 유통업체인 미국의 월마트는 소비자들에게 과열에 따른 화상 피해를 유발할 수 있는 중국산 시판 인형 17만4천 개를 리콜한다.
미국 소비자제품안전위원회는 25일(현지시간) 분홍색으로 치장한 16인치 크기 '내 사랑'(My Sweet Love / My Sweet Baby Cuddle Care Baby Doll) 인형의 가슴 안쪽 전기회로판이 과열될 수 있다고 판단했다며 월마트의 리콜 배경을 전했다.
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Wal-Mart recalling 174,000 dolls over burn risk
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Tuesday that the ``My Sweet Love / My Sweet Baby Cuddle Care Baby Doll'' has a circuit board in its chest that can overheat, causing the surface of the doll to get hot and burn someone.
Wal-Mart has received 12 reports of incidents, including two burns or blisters to the thumb.
Consumers should stop using the product, remove the batteries and return them to any Wal-Mart store for a refund.
The electronic baby doll, made by Tak Ngai Electronic Toys Co. of China, was sold exclusively at Wal-Mart stores from 2012 through 2014 for $20.
It comes in pink floral clothing and a matching knit hat. The 16-inch doll is packaged with a toy medical check-up kit. The doll babbles when she gets ``sick'' and her cheeks turn red and she starts coughing. Using the medical kit pieces cause the symptoms to stop.
The doll is identified by UPC 6-04576-16800-5 and a date code, found on a label sewn to the bottom of the doll, which begins with WM. (AP)
