Bebe au Lait Recalls Teethers Due to Choking Hazard
Kids’ product recall 22-087. Announced by CPSC on Feb 23, 2022.
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Feb 23, 2022. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
- Refund what’s offered
- About 8,600 (In addition, about 10 units were sold in Canada) 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?
The string that connects the beads on the teethers can come untied, releasing the beads and posing a choking hazard to young children.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
Consumers should immediately take the recalled teethers away from children and contact Bebe au Lait for instructions on how to receive a full refund or store credit. Consumers can also fill out a form for a store credit at www.bebeaulait.com/recall.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
- 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.
- How to reach the firm: Bebe au Lait at 800-270-9398 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. PT Monday through Friday, by email at recall@bebeaulait.com, or online at www.bebeaulait.com/recall or www.bebeaulait.com and click on “recall” for more information.
Which ones are recalled?
This recall involves 12 different styles of wooden teethers, including shapes of butterflies, boats, flowers and dinosaurs. The teethers measure 3” x 3” x 1” and are stamped with “Bebe au Lait” and one of the following date codes: 02-2019, 10-2020, or 03-2021. Product Name Butterfly and Flower Wooden Bebe Teether Boat Wooden Bebe Teether Cactus Wooden Bebe Teether Dinosaur Wooden Bebe Teether Heart and Flower Wooden Bebe Teether Moon and Star Wooden Bebe Teether Owl Wooden Bebe Teether Rainbow Wooden Bebe Teether Starfish Wooden Bebe Teether Tropical leaf Wooden Bebe Teether Turtle Wooden Bebe Teether World Wooden Bebe Teether
About 8,600 (In addition, about 10 units were sold in Canada) units, as CPSC gives them.
Wooden Teethers.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
CPSC’s photos
CPSC shows 12 photos on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.
- Recalled butterfly/flower teether
- Recalled boat teether
- Recalled Cactus teether
- Recalled dinosaur teether
- Recalled heart/flower teether
- Recalled moon/star teether
- Recalled owl teether
- Recalled rainbow teether
- Recalled starfish teether
- Recalled tropical leaf teether
- Recalled turtle teether
- Recalled world teether
Who made and sold it?
- Imported by Bebe au Lait, Santa Clara, California.
- Target and various other stores nationwide and online at Bebeaulait.com, Zulily.com and other websites from May 2019 through October 2021 for about $15.
- Made in China, as the notice gives it.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Was anyone hurt?
Bebe au Lait has received six reports of detached beads, including one report of a child placing a bead in their mouth.
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
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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.