7.5 Million Baby Shark Bath Toys Are Recalled After Reports of Children Being Injured

About 7.5 million Child Shark tub toys are being recalled after stories that at the very least a dozen kids have been injured by them, the U.S. Shopper Product Security Fee stated on Thursday.

Each the full-size and mini variations of the toy are included within the voluntary recall, which the fee and Zuru, a toymaker primarily based in El Segundo, Calif., introduced after complaints that kids had been falling on or sitting on the full-size toy’s plastic prime fin.

The highest fins on the shark toys pose a threat of “impalement, lacerations and punctures,” the fee stated. About 9 of the 12 reported accidents required medical consideration or stitches, according to the federal agency.

The fee and Zuru urged clients to cease utilizing the recalled toys.

The toymaker stated in a statement that it was working with retail companions to “take away and destroy” the merchandise.

Each full-size Robo Alive Junior Child Shark Sing & Swim tub toys and Mini Child Shark Swimming tub toys have been recalled. They got here in blue, yellow and pink. The complete-size model sings when positioned in water; the mini model doesn’t.

The complete-size toys that have been recalled have been bought from Might 2019 to March 2023. The mini toys have been bought from July 2020 to June 2023.

Walmart, CVS Pharmacy, Household Greenback and Goal are among the many main retailers that bought the toys. A number of on-line retailers bought the them as nicely.

A refund is accessible for individuals who lower off the fin, write “recalled” on the shark and add a photograph of it on-line. Instructions can be found on the toy manufacturer’s website.

Shoppers will obtain a full refund of $14 for every full-size toy and $6 for every mini toy within the type of a pay as you go digital Mastercard.

Shoppers can search for the mannequin quantity #25282 and a date code starting with the letters “DG” adopted by “YYYY/MM/DD” within the date vary DG20190501 by way of DG20220619 to find out if they’ve the full-size recalled sharks.

For the mini recalled sharks, the mannequin numbers might be #7163, #7175, #7166 or #25291 and the toys may have a date code between DG2020615 and DG2023525.