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Product Recall Number: 16-179

Why was Tommee Tippee Sippee spill-proof cups recalled?

Mold can develop on the removable, one-piece, white valve inside the spill-proof Tommee Tippee Sippee cups when it remains wet/moist and is infrequently cleaned. The CPSC advises that mold ingestion poses a risk of gastrointestinal symptoms and infections in consumers with compromised immune systems.

Tommee Tippee Sippee spill-proof cups
Here's product recall specific data for Tommee Tippee Sippee spill-proof cups.

  • Product Recall Number: 16-179

  • Product Safety Warning Number:

  • Date: 2016-05-27

  • Product Safety Warning Date:

  • Name Of Product: Tommee Tippee Sippee spill-proof cups

  • Description: "Mold can develop on the removable, one-piece, white valve inside the spill-proof Tommee Tippee Sippee cups when it remains wet/moist and is infrequently cleaned."

  • Hazard Description: Mold can develop on the removable, one-piece, white valve inside the spill-proof Tommee Tippee Sippee cups when it remains wet/moist and is infrequently cleaned. The CPSC advises that mold ingestion poses a risk of gastrointestinal symptoms and infections in consumers with compromised immune systems.

  • Consumer Action: None Listed

  • Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed

  • Remedy Type: Replace

  • Units: About 3.1 million (in addition, 227,000 were sold in Canada)

  • Incidents: Mayborn USA has received 3,066 reports of mold in the removable, one-piece, opaque valve of the Sippee cups, including 68 reports of children experiencing diarrhea, vomiting or other symptoms associated with drinking from a cup with mold in the valve.

  • Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled Sippee cups and contact Mayborn to receive a free replacement cup.

  • Sold At: "BuyBuy Baby, CVS, Giant, Kohl’s, Marco Baby, Marshalls, Meijer, Sam’s Club, Ross Stores, Target, Bealls Outlet, Walgreens and Wal-Mart and other mass merchandise stores nationwide  and online at Amazon.com, Babyhaven.com, and Diapers.com from December 2014 through May 2016 for between $4 and $7."

  • Importers: Mayborn USA Inc., of Norwood, Mass.

  • Manufacturers: None Listed

  • Distributors: None Listed

  • Manufactured In: China

  • Custom Label: None Listed

  • Custom Field: None Listed

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