Product Recall Number: 18-153
Why was Waterpede™ children’s bath toys recalled?
The bath toy can break apart exposing small parts, posing a choking hazard to young children.
Product Recall Number: 18-153
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2018-05-10
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: Waterpede™ children’s bath toys
Description: This recall involves Munchkin’s Waterpede bath toys. The one piece multi-colored Centipede -shaped toy allows water to be scooped from the top, and flows through the chambers of bottom. The bath toy is 100% plastic and is for children six months and up.
Hazard Description: The bath toy can break apart exposing small parts, posing a choking hazard to young children.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Replace
Units: About 72,000
Incidents: The firm has received one report of the toy breaking apart and exposing small beads. No injuries have been reported.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately take the bath toy away from young children and contact Munchkin for a free replacement bath toy of comparable value.
Sold At: Babies R Us, Target, and other stores nationwide and online at munchkin.com from September 2015 through January 2018 for between $5 and $7.
Importers: Munchkin Inc., of Van Nuys, Calif.
Manufacturers: None Listed
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: China
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed