CPSC, American Greetings Corp. Announce Recall of Zipper Pulls
Home product recall 04-040. Announced by CPSC on Nov 26, 2003.
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Nov 26, 2003. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
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What’s wrong with it?
The product could separate and detach from the zipper, posing a choking hazard to young children.
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What should you do?
Consumers should dispose of the zipper pulls immediately. Consumers can contact the firm for a coupon redeemable wherever American Greetings’ products are sold.
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- How to reach the firm: Call American Greetings Corp. at (800) 777-4891 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday.
Which ones are recalled?
This accessory item consists of a 2-inch plastic blue or purple butterfly-shaped photo holder that can be attached to a zipper. There are four items in a package. The packaging has a pink/hot pink cardboard backer. Model number ZPL 1820 and UPC 18100 72866 are written on the back of the packaging.
122,700 units, as CPSC gives them.
DesignWare® Zipper Pulls.
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Numbers to check against yours
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UPC
1810072866
Copied exactly as CPSC lists them.
CPSC’s photos
CPSC shows 1 photo on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.
Who made and sold it?
- Made by American Greetings Corp., Cleveland, Ohio.
- The product was sold at discount, toy, drug, grocery, party and specialty/gift stores nationwide, from January 2001 through November 2003, for about $4.
- Made in China, as the notice gives it.
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Was anyone hurt?
None reported.
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What the record doesn’t say
- 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, 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.