Product Recall Number: 11-167
Why was Holiday rattle baby slippers recalled?
The internal stuffing and rattle inside the slippers decorative figures can be pulled out, posing a choking hazard to young children.
Product Recall Number: 11-167
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2011-03-09
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: Holiday rattle baby slippers
Description: 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.
Hazard Description: The internal stuffing and rattle inside the slippers decorative figures can be pulled out, posing a choking hazard to young children.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Refund
Units: About 57,000
Incidents: Atico received one report of a 7-month old baby that was found beginning to turn blue with the slippers' stuffing in its' mouth. The baby's father removed the stuffing. Two additional reports of babies wearing the slippers who pulled on the rattle/stuffing and the stuffing came out were also reported. No injuries reported.
Remedy: The firm is out of business, the remedy is no longer available, and the product should be discarded or destroyed.
Sold At: Walgreen stores nationwide from October 2010 through January 2011 for about $5.
Importers: Atico International USA Inc., of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Manufacturers: None Listed
Distributors: Walgreen Co., of Deerfield, Ill.
Manufactured In: China
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed