Gloucestershire County Council's Trading Standards Officers have found, on
routine retail inspection, a potentially very dangerous and very appealing
toy consisting of a soft light brown teddy bear which has a rope and
toggle around its neck.
Although tests have revealed the bear itself is safe, it is this rope and
toggle, which is attached to the back of the bear's neck and which could
act as a slip knot, that Trading Standards Officers fear could be a
strangulation hazard, especially to a young child left at play, or in a
cot with this teddy. This opinion has been confirmed by the Department's
scientific advisers, who have expressed similar concerns.
(Source: Gloucestershire County Council Press Release, 17th June 1996)
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