A recalled toy doesn’t always go by the same name twice. The brand on the box, the supplier named on the recall notice, and the shop it was bought from can each be different, so matching them up is the first thing to get right before you trust a search result. One recall from August 2026 shows how far apart those names can drift, and what to check instead.
Take the silicone pull-string toy behind that recall. The box says Playground. The recall notice, published 18 August 2026, is filed under the supplier, Roger Lee (AUST) PTY LTD trading as Living Textiles Australia, and the refund runs through livingtextiles.com.au. Only two things stay the same wherever the toy turns up: the barcode and the SKU.
The Pull String Interactive Toys notice covers two styles, Dusty (SKU: 4236397) and Jimmy (SKU: 4236484), and lists two barcodes under them, 9315311041088 and 9315311043495. Sold nationally, online and internationally, from 14 September 2023 to 12 August 2026, and manufactured in China.
The notice’s own title is Pull String Interactive Toys. None of Playground, Roger Lee (AUST) PTY LTD or livingtextiles.com.au appears in it. The listing also carries a separate Traders List.pdf, naming the retailers that sold the toy.
The notice describes the problem. The toy’s silicone pull strings that are too long and can reach the back of a child's throat causing choking or asphyxiation, and small parts may detach from the product. The notice gives no string length.
Where the size limit comes from
The relevant rule is the Consumer Goods (Toys for Children up to and including 36 Months of Age) Safety Standard 2023. It applies to anything manufactured, designed, labelled and marketed as playthings for that age bracket — rattles, teethers, squeeze toys, and anything attached to a cot, playpen, pram or stroller. The standard describes its own test tool: a small parts cylinder (31 mm in diameter and 57 mm long) is used to check if a small part is likely to be a choking or swallowing hazard. The standard states it was created to reduce the risk of small parts releasing or coming off toys during play or after reasonable wear and tear — the second half of the pull-string recall, the part that can come away from the toy.
Checking a toy already in the house
The ACCC’s recall register listed more than 8,000 notices when checked on 19 August 2026. It has a fulltext search box, a published-date filter with presets like Last 12 months and Last 5 years, and topic categories that include Baby and toddler products and Kids' toys, with results sortable by relevance or by date. Search the brand or product name first, then open the notice and match it against what’s printed on the box — brand, model, SKU, barcode. The pull-string notice carries Brand and Model as fields of their own, and puts the SKU and the barcode together under Identifying numbers, separate from the reason for the recall and from what a consumer should do about it. The published-date filter matters too: a notice published two years ago won’t show up under a search filtered to This year to date, so widen the range to Last 5 years before giving up on a search.
For the pull-string toys specifically, the notice sets out what to do, in order: stop using the toy and put it out of reach; cut the strings and photograph the toy before binning it; then email that photo with order details to info@livingtextiles.com.au for a full refund within 30 days. Anyone contacting the ACCC about the recall, about the refund or about how the business is managing it, is asked to quote 2026/20998.
Getting told instead of checking
The product safety alerts page lets a parent subscribe by category, Baby and toddler products and Kids' toys among them, using an email address, handled through Mailchimp per that page. Leaving every category unticked subscribes to all of them. The register itself also offers an RSS feed for anyone who’d rather watch a feed than an inbox. Neither page states how often alerts go out.
Checking a toy on a shelf against a notice on a screen means holding the box and matching what’s printed on it, brand and model and barcode, against those same fields on the notice itself.
General information, not medical advice. Chat with your GP or child health nurse.