CPSC Recall in 2017: Playtex Recalls Children’s Plates and Bowls Due to Choking Hazard

Updated on March 25, 2026.

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Data Source: CPSC.

Recall Number: 18-001

Date: October 03, 2017

Product Name: Children’s Playtex plates and bowls

Recall Description:

This recall involves Playtex plates and bowls for children. The plates have various printed designs including cars, construction scenes, giraffes, princesses, superheroes and more.  The white polypropylene plates and bowls also have a colored rim on top and a non-slip bottom. Playtex is written on the bottom of the plates and bowls. The plates and bowls were sold separately and together as sets. A Mealtime set is comprised of a plate, a bowl, two utensils and a cup. 

Hazard Description:

The clear plastic layer over the graphics can peel or bubble from the surface of the plates and bowls, posing a choking hazard to young children.

Consumer Action:

Remedy Type:

Refund

Units: About 3.6 million (in addition, about 1.9 million were sold in Canada)

Incidents:

Playtex has received 372 reports of the clear plastic layer over the graphics bubbling or peeling. The firm has received 11 reports of pieces of the detached clear plastic found in children’s mouths, including four reports of choking on a piece of the clear plastic layer.

Sold At:

Babies“R”Us, Target, Walmart, and other stores nationwide and online at Amazon.com from October 2009 through October 2017 for about $2.50 for a single plate or bowl and $15 for a Mealtime set.   

Manufactured In:

China