Canada
The Skip Hop Baby Sesame Street Elmo Silicone Teether — a silicone teether shaped like Elmo’s face (red with black and white pupil), including a blue textured key and a multicoloured fabric crayon box — is being recalled. The black pupil segment can separate during use if the teether is frozen, posing a choking hazard; consumers should stop using the product immediately and contact Skip Hop Inc. for disposal instructions and to receive a refund in the form of a gift card.
What's being recalled
Number sold: The company reported that 3,273 units of the affected products were sold in Canada and 17,462 units were sold in the United States.
Time period sold: The affected products were sold from January 2025 to March 2026.
Place of origin: Manufactured in China
Companies: Importer: The Genuine Canadian Corporation, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada; Retailer: Carter’s Osh Kosh, Canada.
How to identify it
This recall involves the Skip Hop Baby Sesame Street Elmo Silicone Teether. The silicone teether is in the shape of Elmo’s face (red, orange, black, white) and includes a textured key (blue) and fabric crayon box (beige, blue, green, yellow, orange, red).
The hazard
The pupil segment (black) of Elmo’s eye on the teether can separate during use if frozen and be a potential choking hazard.
As of September 3, 2026, the company has received 3 reports of incident and no reports of injury in Canada. In the United States, there has been 1 report of incident and no reports of injury.
What to do
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled product and contact Skip Hop Inc. for further instructions on disposal of the product and to receive a refund in the form of a gift card.
For more information, consumers can contact Skip Hop Inc. by telephone at 1-800-692-4674 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EST, Monday to Friday or visit the company website.
Joint recall with Health Canada, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (US CPSC) and Skip Hop Inc..
Please note that the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act prohibits recalled products from being redistributed, sold or even given away in Canada.
Health Canada would like to remind consumers to report any health or safety incidents related to the use of this product or any other consumer product or cosmetic by filling out the Consumer Product Incident Report Form.
This recall is also posted on the OECD Global Portal on Product Recalls website. You can visit this site for more information on other international consumer product recalls.
The official notice
This page is a summary of the notice published by Health Canada, collected from Health Canada, CFIA and Transport Canada. Check the original before you act on it.
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