The yellow headband comes with a yellow and black bow with 4 built-in flashing lights.
It additionally lacks a label warning customers concerning the risks of button/coin batteries to youngsters, that means mother and father might not even remember that it incorporates button batteries.
The recall discover extends the dates of an earlier recall issued on August 24, with the problematic toy now being confirmed as having been offered between November 1, 2015, and March 24 of this 12 months.
The remembers comes as specialists name for a redesign of button batteries, after an Australian examine launched in August discovered 35 youngsters globally – together with three in Australia – and one grownup have died because of ingesting the small, spherical batteries.
The Australian authorities launched necessary security and knowledge requirements round their use in 2022.
The Emma Wiggle headband has been offered in toy shops, on-line and at The Wiggles’ dwell performances across the nation since 2015.
It was offered at a variety of shops together with: Aussie Toys On-line, ABC Youngsters Paradise, Etcetera House & Items, J & P Designs, LatestBuy, Mighty Ape Restricted, Nextra Kalgoorlie Newsagency, Rugs N Timber, Sanity, True Blue Toys Australia, and Tates Toyworld.
Emma Watkins carried out as Emma Wiggle, and was a part of the favored youngsters band from 2010 to 2021.
