Payless ShoeSource Children’s Airwalk Compel Shoes

Description: Payless ShoeSource Recalls Children's Clog Shoes Due to Choking Hazard NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 2, 2007 Release #07-171 Firm's Recall Hotline: (800) 654-0697 CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772 CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908 Note: There has been an expansion of this recall. Payless ShoeSource Recalls Children's Clog Shoes Due to Choking Hazard WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Name of product: Children's Airwalk® Compel Shoes Units: About 690,000 Manufacturer: Payless ShoeSource, Inc., of Topeka, Kan. Hazard: Plastic rivets used to attach the strap to the shoe can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children. Incidents/Injuries: Payless has received one report of a child who began to choke on a detached rivet. No injuries have been reported. Description: This recall involves Airwalk® Compel clog shoes sold in prewalk sizes 3 through toddler size 10. The flexible shoes have air ventilation holes on the top and side and plastic rivets with the Airwalk® logo attached to the strap. Airwalk® and the shoe size are printed on the sole of the shoe. No other sizes, styles or models are included in this recall. Sold at: Payless ShoeSource and Pamida stores nationwide and Payless.com from August 2006 through early April 2007 for about $13. Manufactured in: China Remedy: Consumers should take the shoes away from young children immediately and return them to the store where purchased for a refund or exchange. Consumer Contact: For additional information, call Payless at (800) 654-0697 between 7:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. CT Monday through Saturday, 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday. Consumers can also visit the firm's Web site at www.payless.com [Learn More]