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CPSC, Jakks Pacific Inc. Announce Recall to Replace Certain Cans of “Smatter” Spray Foam

Home product recall 02-203. Announced by CPSC on Jul 18, 2002.

CPSC’s own notice

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The short answer

Announced by CPSC on Jul 18, 2002. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.

Approximately 296,000 units, as CPSC gives them
Not said injuries, in the notice

Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.

What’s wrong with it?

If the pressurized can is left in a hot automobile, it can forcefully break apart and cause injury to a nearby consumer.

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

What should you do?

Consumers should immediately take the recalled “Smatter” away from children and contact Jakks Pacific, Inc. for information on receiving a free replacement “Smatter” product.

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

How to reach the firm: Consumers may contact Jakks Pacific, Inc. at (800) 554-5516 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. PT Monday through Friday, for information on receiving a free replacement “Smatter” product. Consumers also can visit the firm’s website at www.jakkspacific.com

Which ones are recalled?

Only early production of spray foam with the date codes “0492PT” to “0952PT” stamped on the bottom of the can are involved in this recall. “Smatter” is an aerosol product that sprays a soft foam material from the can when the nozzle is pushed. The product is generally used at parties, celebrations, or games. The spray foam is sold in three different varieties: “Original Smatter,” “Spit Smatter,” and “Fatter Smatter.” “SMATTER” appears in large print on the can and on the cardboard packaging. “Nickelodeon™” is written on the orange handle. “Made in China” is written the back of the product.

Approximately 296,000 units, as CPSC gives them.

Smatter spray foam.

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

CPSC’s photos

CPSC shows 1 photo on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.

Recalled “Smatter” spray foam

Who made and sold it?

Imported by Jakks Pacific Inc., Malibu, California.
Discount department and toy stores sold the recalled “Smatter” products nationwide, from February 2002 through June 5, 2002, for about $10.
Made in China, as the notice gives it.

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Was anyone hurt?

Jakks Pacific has received eight reports of the aerosol container breaking apart. One child reportedly suffered a minor bump on the head, when a can of spray foam broke apart, after being in a hot car. In two cases, car windshields were cracked.

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked 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

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recalls API.

Checked Oct 19, 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 19, 2026.