ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Tuesday, December 31, 1996 TAG: 9612310100
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A4 EDITION: METRO
DATELINE: WASHINGTON
Federal safety regulators offer this advice to parents across America - and their little girls - on how to muzzle their hair-munching dolls: disconnect the insatiable toy's batteries.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission stopped short Monday of issuing a warning about Cabbage Patch Snacktime Kids, the most lenient action it could have taken. Nor did it issue a recall on the toy.
But the agency said it will continue investigating complaints that the pie-faced dolls have started chomping on children's hair after gobbling down meals of ersatz carrots and french fries. The CPSC said it has been made aware of 35 such incidents; no serious injuries have been reported.
To stop the doll's relentless chewing, pull on its backpack, which houses the batteries, and disconnect it from the body, the CPSC said.
-Associated Press
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