{"id":3957,"date":"2026-06-19T18:35:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T18:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/?p=3957"},"modified":"2026-06-19T18:35:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T18:35:30","slug":"teething-toy-sold-on-amazon-recalled-after-choking-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/?p=3957","title":{"rendered":"Teething toy, sold on Amazon, recalled after choking reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<div> <!-- --> <!-- --><p>The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a recall involving more than 70,000\u00a0<u>children\u2019s teething toys<\/u> due to the risk of serious injury or death from choking.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/?p=3954\">TSA sounds alarm after World Cup fans pack their bags with American staple<\/a><\/p> <p><u>The recall<\/u> follows actions earlier this year involving similar products sold by other companies.<\/p> <!-- --><h2>GOPO TOYS teething toy recalled<\/h2> <!-- --><div><\/div> <!-- --><p>Big picture view:<\/p> <!-- --><p>According to the notice issued Thursday, the GOPO TOYS Pull String Teething Toys violate the mandatory standard for toys because the silicone strings are smaller and longer than permitted.\u00a0<\/p> <!-- --><p>The strings can reach the back of the throat and become lodged, posing a serious risk of respiratory distress, a serious choking hazard and death.<\/p> <!-- --><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3956\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cdf1f82bc64ac85e712860e421501912-768x432.webp\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cdf1f82bc64ac85e712860e421501912-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cdf1f82bc64ac85e712860e421501912-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cdf1f82bc64ac85e712860e421501912.webp 932w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n <div><p><span>Product photo of the recalled teething toy. (Credit: CPSC)<\/span> <!-- --><\/p> <!-- --><\/div><\/div> <!-- --><p>The firm said it is aware of three reports of the toy\u2019s strings reaching the back of a child\u2019s throat, resulting in respiratory distress or choking. About 70,410 units were recalled.\u00a0<\/p> <!-- --><p><strong>RELATED:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Nearly 50K pull string teething toys sold on Amazon recalled for choking, injury risk<\/strong><\/p> <!-- --><p>The toys were sold on Amazon from August 2023 to March 2026 for between $11 and $15.<\/p> <!-- --><p>The teething toy is an off-white disc shape with a grey ball in the center and six long pull string &#8220;tentacles&#8221; of various colors running through the ball.\u00a0<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/?p=3951\">Government regulations add nearly $132K to cost of new home, builders say<\/a><\/p> <!-- --><p>There are also seven soft push buttons on the disc.<\/p> <!-- --><p>The recall number is 26-562. The brand name and &#8220;Pull String Toy&#8221; are printed on the front of the product packaging, and the batch number 250905, 250530, 250120, 240315, 231005 or 230610 are on the back of the packaging.<\/p> <!-- --><h2>Consumers should stop using teething toy immediately\u00a0<\/h2> <!-- --><p>What you can do:<\/p> <!-- --><p>The CPSC said that consumers should stop using the teething toy immediately and take it away from children.\u00a0<\/p> <!-- --><p>Consumers should cut and discard all string tentacles, write &#8220;DESTROYED&#8221; with permanent marker on the main body of the toy, and submit a photograph of the destroyed product to\u00a0<u>recalls@gopotoys.com<\/u>. Consumers should then dispose of the destroyed product.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p> <!-- --><h2>Recall follows similar teething toy recalls<\/h2> <!-- --><p>Dig deeper:<\/p> <!-- --><p>This recall follows separate, but very similar recalls issued by the CPSC in February and last month.<\/p> <!-- --><p><strong>RELATED:\u00a0<\/strong><strong><u>More than 100K teething toys recalled after nearly a dozen choking incidents<\/u><\/strong><\/p> <!-- --><p>In May, the agency issued a\u00a0<u>recall involving more than 100,000 children\u2019s teething toys<\/u> due to the risk of serious injury or death from choking.<\/p> <!-- --><p>Then, in February, a nearly identical\u00a0<u>teething toy was recalled<\/u> for the same reason.\u00a0<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/?p=3948\">Trump administration to cut student loan interest rates<\/a><\/p> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 70,000 teething toys sold on Amazon have been recalled after choking incidents. 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