Zak Designs Recalls Water Bottles Due to Choking Hazard; Sold Exclusively at Target Stores
Recall 15247 · Sep 17, 2015 · Zak Designs
178,000
units affected
178,000
units affected
Facts
- Recall number
- 15247
- Date
- Sep 17, 2015
- Company
- Zak Designs
- Units affected
- 178,000
- Product
- 26-ounce water bottles
- Product type
- Nonglass Bottles or Jars
- Remedy
- Repair
- Hazard
- Choking
The product
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.
What can happen
The inner plastic straw in the flip-top portion of the twist-off cap can break, posing a choking hazard.
The fix
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled water bottles and contact Zak Designs for instructions on receiving a free replacement cap with straw.
Incidents and where it was sold
- Incidents
- 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.
- Sold at
- Target stores during the "Back-to-College" promotion nationwide from June 2015 through July 2015 for about $10.
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Questions and answers
What should I do with the recalled 26-ounce water bottles?
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled water bottles and contact Zak Designs for instructions on receiving a free replacement cap with straw.
What is the hazard?
The inner plastic straw in the flip-top portion of the twist-off cap can break, posing a choking hazard.
A recall means the maker found a safety problem and offers a free fix; it does not mean every unit has the problem. Units affected are as reported by the company. Popular models sell more and so have more recalls and complaints. Official public data; texts are shortened. Contact the company named above for the remedy.