H&M Recalls Children's Water Bottle Due to Choking Hazard, Sold Exclusively at H&M Stores

Recall at a glance

What was recalled

The 16 oz. water bottles are pink plastic with a crackle design or blue plastic. The bottles have flip-top lids in coordinated pink and blue colors. "H&M Sweden" and "www.hm.com" are embossed on the bottom of the bottle. The recalled products were manufactured in June 2012. The water bottle contains the manufacture date in an embossed date clock on the bottom of the bottle. The inner circle on the clock contains the number 12 with an arrow between the two numbers. The arrow points at the number 6 in an outer circle of numbers.

Is my product affected?

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• Children's Water Bottle · About 2,900 units

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Where it was sold

Companies named in the notice: H&M stores with children's departments nationwide from July 2012 through August 2012 for about $5.; H&M Hennes & Mauritz, New York, N.Y..

Injuries or incidents reported

H&M has received one report of an incident in England of the water bottle spout breaking off in a child's mouth as the child was drinking from the bottle. No injuries have been reported.

Consumer contact

For additional information, contact H&M toll-free at (855) 466-7467 or visit the firm's recall page on its website at www.hm.com

Recall history and context

H&M appears in 9 CPSC recalls on record. See all H&M recalls.

Since 2019 CPSC has recorded 166 recalls in the candles and household goods category, 33 recalls of them in the past 12 months.

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