CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Tooetoy Pool Drain Covers Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Entrapment and Drowning; Violates the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act; Sold on Amazon
CPSC warning 25-375. Announced by CPSC on Jul 10, 2025.
- CPSC warning, not a recall
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Jul 10, 2025. Copied from CPSC on Oct 25, 2026.
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
CPSC issued this as a product safety warning, not a recall.
In CPSC’s words: “Tooetoy has not responded to CPSC’s request to recall these drain covers or offer a remedy to consumers.”
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Hearth Record wrote the first line; the words quoted are CPSC’s.
The drain covers do not bear the required product markings in violation of mandatory federal requirements of the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act (VGBA), posing entrapment and drowning hazards to swimmers and bathers. The drain covers also fail to meet safety requirements by not stating the service life of the covers, not providing the installation and maintenance instructions and failing other requirements in the act.
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
CPSC urges consumers to immediately remove, replace and dispose of the drain covers and to stop using pools with the drain covers until the covers have been replaced. Do not sell or give away these hazardous drain covers.
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Which ones does it cover?
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning consumers to immediately stop using Tooetoy Pool Drain Covers. The drain covers do not bear the required product markings in violation of mandatory federal requirements of the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act (VGBA), posing entrapment and drowning hazards to swimmers and bathers. The drain covers also fail to meet safety requirements by not stating the service life of the covers, not providing the installation and maintenance instructions and failing other requirements in the act.CPSC issued a Notice of Violation to the seller, Tooetoy, of China. Tooetoy has not responded to CPSC’s request to recall these drain covers or offer a remedy to consumers.About 280 drain covers were sold online on Amazon from April 2025 through May 2025 for about $22. The white plastic drain covers measure 8 inches in diameter and are sold for use in swimming pools. These products were manufactured in China.CPSC urges consumers to immediately remove, replace and dispose of the drain covers and to stop using pools with the drain covers until the covers have been replaced. Do not sell or give away these hazardous drain covers.Report any incidents involving injury or product defect to CPSC at www.SaferProducts.gov.
Tooetoy Pool Drain Covers.
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Who made and sold it?
- The notice names no firm.
- About 280 drain covers were sold online on Amazon from April 2025 through May 2025 for about $22.
- Made in China, as the notice gives it.
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Was anyone hurt?
The notice doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- The notice lists no UPCs, so check the model, the description and the photos.
- The notice lists no model numbers in a field of their own; its description may give them.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Product safety warnings.
Released Oct 19, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
Recalls of kids’ and home products are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record. Copied on Oct 25, 2026.