Zak Designs is recalling about 178,000 26-ounce water bottles.
The inner plastic straw in the flip-top portion of the twist-off cap can break, posing a choking hazard, the company and U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said.
Zak Designs has received nine reports of the straw breaking, including seven reports of plastic fragments spit out by children using the bottle. No injuries have been reported.
The 10-inch water bottles have a flip-top spout on a twist-off cap with colored inner plastic straws in clear, blue, gray, green, light purple, or red. The water bottles have popular characters on the front and come in a variety of colors including clear, gray, navy blue, pink, teal blue, and gray with colored caps in red, blue, pink, and yellow.
Characters include Captain America, a Batman design, Minions, My Little Pony, Spiderman, Star Wars aircraft, a Superman logo, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Thor, and Wonder Woman.
Mold number “14158” and “Zak Designs” are embossed on the bottom of the bottles in the recall.
Bottles with a black inner straw and black twist-off cap aren’t included in the recall.
The water bottles were sold only at Target stores during the “Back-to-College” promotion nationwide from June 2015 through July 2015 for about $10.
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled water bottles and contact Zak Designs for instructions on receiving a free replacement cap with straw, the company and commission said.
For more information, call Zak Designs at 866-737-1148 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or visit www.zak.com and click on Product Recall at the bottom of the page.
