Baby Shark bath toys are recalled after children suffer cuts
WASHINGTON — About 7.5 million singing and swimming Baby Shark bath toys are being recalled after multiple lacerations and puncture wounds were reported in children playing with them.
Zuru, which is based in El Segundo, said it’s recalling both full-size and mini versions of its robotic baby shark toys that have hard plastic top fins, which pose the injury risks.
Twelve injuries have been reported with Zuru’s full-size Robo Alive Junior Baby Shark Sing & Swim Bath Toys after children sat or fell on the products. Nine of these cases required stitches or medical attention, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Although injuries have been reported only with full-size toys so far, Zuru is also recalling Robo Alive Junior Mini Baby Shark Swimming Bath Toys “out of an abundance of caution.”
Consumers in possession of the recalled toys are instructed to stop using them immediately and contact Zuru for a full refund.
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To get the refund, customers are asked to cut off or bend the tail fin, write “recalled” and a registration code on the body of the baby shark and upload a photo on a site dedicated to the recall. The recalled products can be identified by model numbers and date codes.
Zuru’s Robo Alive Junior Baby Shark Sing & Swim Bath Toys and Robo Alive Junior Mini Baby Shark Swimming Bath Toys were sold in person and online at chains including Walmart, Target, CVS, Walgreens and TJX Cos. from May 2019 through March 2023.
In a company announcement, Zuru noted that the recall involves only the versions of the baby shark toys with a hard plastic fin. The newest toys, which have a silicone fin, are not part of the recall, Zuru said.
“We want to assure our customers that we are committed to the highest levels of safety and quality of all our products, and we have implemented measures to prevent future incidents by working to promptly remove these products from retail and replace them with a newly designed product,” Zuru wrote.
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