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Melissa & Doug Fire Truck Activity Board Toys
Refund for a photoRefundReplace
The fire hose port can come loose and detach, posing a risk of serious injury from choking hazard.
What to do for your refund
Take out the batteries, write RECALL and your code on the front, and cut off the black hose. Then upload a photo online to get a new toy, a $30 check, or a $40 store credit.
- Remove the batteries from the toy.
- Write RECALL and your code on the front in marker.
- Cut the black hose off the toy.
- Upload a photo to the registration page.
- First
- Remove a partWrite RECALLMake it unusable
- 85%
- The photo shows
- The whole productThe cut or damageRECALL written on it
- 85%
- You get
- A $30 refund “a full refund of $30”
- 85%
- Sent by
- The firm's web form
The percent beside each line is how sure the reader is of it. On Remedy the photo goes to Remedy instead, and is checked against this rule in seconds.
"remove the batteries" sets remove_part, "write in permanent marker the word RECALL" sets write_recalled and marker_text, and "cut the black hose off" sets other because the hose is a smaller part. "upload a photograph of the destroyed product to the registration page" sets photo_required and web_form, and the choice of replacement, "a full refund of $30" or store credit sets refund_or_replacement with amount 30. Source: Claude draft, then self-check, claude-opus-5-5, extracted Nov 5, 2026.
The official remedy
Consumers should stop using the fire truck activity board immediately and register at www.melissaanddoug.com/recall for instructions on how to receive a free replacement fire truck activity board, register for a full refund of $30 in the form of a check or receive a $40 melissaanddoug.com store credit. Consumers will be asked to remove the batteries, write in permanent marker the word “RECALL” on the front of the product along with a unique code provided during the online registration process, and to cut the black hose off from the toy. Consumers will then be directed to upload a photograph of the destroyed product to the registration page. Once their registration has been successfully confirmed, consumers should dispose of the product in their ordinary household trash.
Word for word from the CPSC record.
How to reach the firm
Melissa & Doug toll-free at 800-718-5365 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or online at www.melissaanddoug.com/recall or at www.melissaanddoug.com and click on "Recall" at the bottom of the page for more information.
Official images
Images: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
The product
- Product
- Lights & Sounds Fire Truck Activity Board
- Firm
- Melissa & Doug, of Wilton, Connecticut
- Sold at
- Sold At: Target stores nationwide and online at Target.com from July 2025 through August 2026 for about $30.
Behind this rule
Claude’s first draft came from the Message Batches API (msgbatch_01SZvx3uWxvaPPzfuhTsWWMm); a self-check pass then reviewed it against the remedy text and a deterministic lint (msgbatch_01L7ossQ22gCyA7XoToxwJej).
The self-check kept every field of the draft. Tokens: draft 3,395 in, 656 out; check 4,017 in, 635 out.
The draft and the checked rule (JSON)
{
"draft": {
"photo_required": true,
"actions": [
"remove_part",
"write_recalled",
"other"
],
"marker_text": "RECALL",
"must_show": [
"whole_product",
"cut_or_damage",
"marking"
],
"remedy": "refund_or_replacement",
"refund_amount_text": "a full refund of $30",
"refund_amount": 30,
"contact_channel": "web_form",
"steps": [
"Remove the batteries from the toy.",
"Write RECALL and your code on the front in marker.",
"Cut the black hose off the toy.",
"Upload a photo to the registration page."
],
"explanation": {
"plain": "Take out the batteries, write RECALL and your code on the front, and cut off the black hose. Then upload a photo online to get a new toy, a $30 check, or a $40 store credit.",
"technical": "\"remove the batteries\" sets remove_part, \"write in permanent marker the word RECALL\" sets write_recalled and marker_text, and \"cut the black hose off\" sets other because the hose is a smaller part. \"upload a photograph of the destroyed product to the registration page\" sets photo_required and web_form, and the choice of replacement, \"a full refund of $30\" or store credit sets refund_or_replacement with amount 30."
},
"confidence": {
"actions": 0.85,
"must_show": 0.85,
"remedy": 0.85
}
},
"checked": {
"photo_required": true,
"actions": [
"remove_part",
"write_recalled",
"other"
],
"marker_text": "RECALL",
"must_show": [
"whole_product",
"cut_or_damage",
"marking"
],
"remedy": "refund_or_replacement",
"refund_amount_text": "a full refund of $30",
"refund_amount": 30,
"contact_channel": "web_form",
"steps": [
"Remove the batteries from the toy.",
"Write RECALL and your code on the front in marker.",
"Cut the black hose off the toy.",
"Upload a photo to the registration page."
],
"explanation": {
"plain": "Take out the batteries, write RECALL and your code on the front, and cut off the black hose. Then upload a photo online to get a new toy, a $30 check, or a $40 store credit.",
"technical": "\"remove the batteries\" sets remove_part, \"write in permanent marker the word RECALL\" sets write_recalled and marker_text, and \"cut the black hose off\" sets other because the hose is a smaller part. \"upload a photograph of the destroyed product to the registration page\" sets photo_required and web_form, and the choice of replacement, \"a full refund of $30\" or store credit sets refund_or_replacement with amount 30."
},
"confidence": {
"actions": 0.85,
"must_show": 0.85,
"remedy": 0.85
}
}
}The CPSC Recalls API record (JSON)
{
"RecallID": 10976,
"RecallNumber": "26780",
"RecallDate": "2026-09-17T00:00:00",
"Description": "The \"Lights and Sound Fire Truck\" is a compact fire engine toy with wheels that spin, that also features busy board activities that activate lights and sounds. The toy is made of red plastic, has four black wheels and has a white plastic rotating ladder. The toy has a black plastic connector that looks like a fire hose. The toy measures 10.5 inches high by 14.31 inches wide by 3.06 inches deep and weighs about 1.6 pounds. On the bottom of the toy, \"Melissa & Doug\" is embossed on the battery compartment box as are two date wheels showing the dates of manufacturer by year and month. Affected units will have one arrow pointing to the number 25 and the second arrow pointing to the number 4 or 5 or they will have one arrow pointing to the number 26 and the second arrow pointing to the number 3. Date codes OET 25100, OET 25150 or OET 26064 are printed on the product packaging of the recalled units.",
"URL": "https://cpsc.gov/Recalls/2026/Melissa-and-Doug-Recalls-Fire-Truck-Activity-Board-Toys-Due-to-Risk-of-Serious-Injury-from-Choking-Hazard-Sold-Exclusively-at-Target",
"Title": "Melissa & Doug Recalls Fire Truck Activity Board Toys Due to Risk of Serious Injury from Choking Hazard; Sold Exclusively at Target",
"ConsumerContact": "Melissa & Doug toll-free at 800-718-5365 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or online at www.melissaanddoug.com/recall or at www.melissaanddoug.com and click on \"Recall\" at the bottom of the page for more information.",
"LastPublishDate": "2026-09-17T00:00:00",
"Products": [
{
"Name": "Lights & Sounds Fire Truck Activity Board",
"Description": "",
"Model": "",
"Type": "Toys",
"CategoryID": "1386",
"NumberOfUnits": "About 84,000"
}
],
"Inconjunctions": [],
"Images": [
{
"URL": "https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/melissa1.jpg",
"Caption": "Recalled Lights & Sounds Fire Truck Activity Board"
},
{
"URL": "https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/melissa2.png",
"Caption": "Date code wheel location on the battery compartment cover"
},
{
"URL": "https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/melissa3.png",
"Caption": "Date code wheels included in this recall"
},
{
"URL": "https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/melissa4.png",
"Caption": "Location of date codes on product packing"
}
],
"Injuries": [
{
"Name": "The firm has received 26 reports of the small port coming loose on the product. The Firm has also received one report of a minor cut."
}
],
"Manufacturers": [],
"Retailers": [
{
"Name": "Sold At:\nTarget stores nationwide and online at Target.com from July 2025 through August 2026 for about $30.",
"CompanyID": ""
}
],
"Importers": [
{
"Name": "Melissa & Doug, of Wilton, Connecticut",
"CompanyID": ""
}
],
"Distributors": [],
"SoldAtLabel": null,
"ManufacturerCountries": [
{
"Country": "China"
}
],
"ProductUPCs": [],
"Hazards": [
{
"Name": "The fire hose port can come loose and detach, posing a risk of serious injury from choking hazard.",
"HazardType": "",
"HazardTypeID": ""
}
],
"Remedies": [
{
"Name": "Consumers should stop using the fire truck activity board immediately and register at www.melissaanddoug.com/recall for instructions on how to receive a free replacement fire truck activity board, register for a full refund of $30 in the form of a check or receive a $40 melissaanddoug.com store credit. Consumers will be asked to remove the batteries, write in permanent marker the word “RECALL” on the front of the product along with a unique code provided during the online registration process, and to cut the black hose off from the toy. Consumers will then be directed to upload a photograph of the destroyed product to the registration page. Once their registration has been successfully confirmed, consumers should dispose of the product in their ordinary household trash."
}
],
"RemedyOptions": [
{
"Option": "Refund"
},
{
"Option": "Replace"
}
]
}The same data as JSON: GET /api/v1/recalls/26780