Little Tikes toy recall for choking threat

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a recall of about 1.7 million Little Tikes toy tool sets and trucks Wednesday, citing a choking hazard from toy nails.

The oversized plastic toy nails were also recalled in August 2009, the CPSC said. The new voluntary recall involves another 11 models of Little Tikes' Workshop and tool sets.

Little Tikes, a unit of MGA Entertainment, has reported two more incidents that took place before the 2009 recall of children who choked when the toy nail became lodged in their throats.

Both children were treated in a hospital and recovered fully, the statement said.

-- Reuters