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ChokingSeptember 17, 2015CPSC #15247

Zak Designs Recalls Water Bottles Due to Choking Hazard; Sold Exclusively at Target Stores

Product
Nonglass Bottles or Jars
Units affected
178,000
Remedy
replacement

What was recalled

The recall involves Zak Designs 26-ounce plastic water bottles. The 10-inch-tall water bottles have a flip-top spout on a twist-off cap with colored inner plastic straws in clear, blue, gray, green, light purple or red. The water bottles were sold exclusively at Target stores in a "Back-to-College" promotion. The water bottles have popular characters on the front and come in a variety of colors including clear, gray, navy blue, pink, teal blue, gray with colored caps in red, blue pink and yellow. Characters include Captain America, a Batman design, Minions, My Little Pony, Spiderman, Star Wars aircraft, a Superman logo, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Thor and Wonder Woman. Mold number "14158" and "Zak Designs®" are embossed on the bottom of the bottles in the recall. Bottles with a black inner straw and black twist-off cap are not included in the recall.

Hazard

The inner plastic straw in the flip-top portion of the twist-off cap can break, posing a choking hazard.

Injuries

Zak Designs has received nine reports of the inner plastic straw in the flip-top portion of the cap breaking, including seven reports of plastic fragments spit out by children using the bottle. No injuries have been reported.

Made in

China

Where it was sold

  • Target stores during the "Back-to-College" promotion nationwide from June 2015 through July 2015 for about $10.

Photos

26-Ounce Zak Designs water bottlesLocation of mold number on Zak Designs water bottle
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