Atico International USA Recalls Holiday Rattle Baby Slippers Due to Choking Hazard; Sold Exclusively at Walgreens
Kids’ product recall 11-167. Announced by CPSC on Mar 10, 2011.
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Mar 10, 2011. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The internal stuffing and rattle inside the slippers decorative figures can be pulled out, posing a choking hazard to young children.
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What should you do?
The firm is out of business, the remedy is no longer available, and the product should be discarded or destroyed.
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- What the company offers to fix a recalled product or vehicle: a repair, a replacement or a refund, as the recall notice says. For a vehicle, dealers make the safety repair free. Follow the notice’s own steps, or contact the company it names. Source: CPSC; NHTSA (49 U.S.C. 30120).: refund.
Which ones are recalled?
The recalled slippers are decorated with stuffed fabric figures including snowmen, Santa, reindeer, and penguins, and have decorative rattles inside the slippers that sound like bells when shaken. Item number 999526 is printed on the back of the cardboard header card packaging. “Find Your Joy” is printed on the front of the slippers packaging.
About 57,000 units, as CPSC gives them.
Holiday rattle baby slippers.
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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?
- Imported by Atico International USA Inc., Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
- Distributed by Walgreen Co., Deerfield, Ill.
- Walgreen stores nationwide from October 2010 through January 2011 for about $5.
- Made in China, as the notice gives it.
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Was anyone hurt?
Atico received one report of a 7-month old baby that was found beginning to turn blue with the slippers’ stuffing in its mouth. The baby’s father removed the stuffing. Two additional reports of babies wearing the slippers who pulled on the rattle/stuffing and the stuffing came out were also reported. No injuries reported.
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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.
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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.