Toy company Zuru has recalled over seven million Baby Shark and Mini Baby Shark bath toys with hard plastic top fins due to the risk of impaling, cutting and stabbing children.
The recall occurred on Thursday (June 22). The company states that the full-size Baby Shark bath toy sings and swims when placed underwater.
The toy has a hard plastic top fin with three grooves on one side that measures approximately seven inches from nose to tail. It was sold in three colors consisting of yellow, pink and blue sold in packs of three.
On the bottom of the toy were tracking tags, including raised lettering with the model number “25282” and a date code beginning with the letters “DG” followed by the full year, a two-digit month, and a two-digit day.
The Mini Baby Shark bath toy will swim when placed in the water but will not sing like the full size toy.
They have a hard plastic upper fin measuring about four inches from nose to tail and were sold in yellow, pink and blue.
Unlike the full version, the minis were sold individually, in packs of two and three, as part of a Baby Shark Music Water Park playset.
The bottom of the recalled mini bath toys has tracking information, including raised lettering indicating model numbers “7163”, “7175”, “7166” or “25291” and a date code beginning with the letters “DG”. , followed by a date code through the entire year, two-digit month, and two-digit day in the date range DG2020615 through DG2023525.
The company is advising customers to stop using the recalled bath toys Contact them for a full refund $14 for each full-size bath toy or $6 for each mini-size bath toy in the form of a virtual prepaid Mastercard.
Zuru says they are aware of 12 reports of children falling or sitting on the recalled full-size Baby Shark bath toys resulting in injuries, cuts and puncture wounds, including to the children’s genitals, anorectal areas and facial areas.
Of the 12 cases, nine required stitches or medical treatment. There have been no reported incidents or injuries related to the Mini Baby Shark bath toys.
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