Green Sprouts of Asheville, N.C., is recalling about 10,500 Stainless Steel Straw Bottles, Sippy Cups and Sip & Straw Cups.
The bottles and cups bottom base can break off, exposing a solder dot that contains lead, posing a lead poisoning hazard to the child. This can cause adverse health effects.
The firm has received seven reports of incidents of the bottles’ base breaking off exposing the solder dot. No injuries have been reported.
This recall involves 6-oz and 8-oz Green Sprouts Stainless Steel cups and bottles with tracking numbers 29218V06985, 35719V06985, and 33020V06985 on the bottom of the base.
The recalled double-walled stainless steel bottles were sold in aqua, pink, green, and navy colors with one of three closure options: (1) a silicone sippy spout with a colored plastic lid, collar and handle (2) a silicone sippy spout and a straw spout with colored plastic lid, collar and handle, or (3) a silicone straw with plastic screw-on flip cap. The tracking number is printed on the bottom base.
A list of the recalled bottles may be found here.
The bottles, manufactured in China, were sold at Buy Buy Baby and Whole Foods stores nationwide and online at amazon.com, www.buybuybaby.com and www.bedbathandbeyond.com from January 2020, through September 2022, for between $14 and $19.
What to do
Consumers should immediately take the recalled stainless steel bottles and cups away from children and discard them.
Contact Green Sprouts for a full refund in the form of store credit or your money back.
Green Sprouts is contacting all known purchasers directly.
Consumers may contact Green Sprouts at (800) 876-1574 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (ET) Monday through Friday, online at www.GreenSprouts.com and click on the ”Safety and Recall Notice” at the bottom of the page for more information, or by email at ContactUs@GreenSprouts.com.