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Smart & Simple drinking straws

1 report to CPSC, the latest made Jan 8, 2015. A report isn’t a recall.

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From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.

  • 1report to CPSC
  • Jan 8, 2015the latest report was made
  • Jan 8, 2015the earliest
  • 0with the company’s comments
Brand
Smart & Simple
Maker
Dollar General CorporationMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
Product
Drinking strawsCPSC’s product type: Drinking Straws (code 443), in Kitchen: Gadgets & Utensils

By month

1 report from February 2014 to January 2015; the most in January 2015, 1.
The numbers, as a table
Reports to CPSC by the month each was made, newest first
MonthReports
January 20151

How badly anyone was hurt

  • No one hurt 1 CPSC: Incident, No Injury

As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.

The reports, as CPSC published them

Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.

Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.

Source:

CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.

  1. No one hurt

    Made Jan 8, 2015, sent to the company Jan 21, 2015, published by CPSC Feb 4, 2015

    The product, in the report: Flexible drinking straw. 100 straws in package

    The product is a plastic flexible drinking straw. The straw breaks off at the bendable part of the straw. Several straws broke off when children and adults were inserting the straws into drinks. They also break when extending the length of the straw. The break leaves a one inch piece of plastic that could be a choking hazard.

    Model
    82x6g18-1796
    UPC
    4032310037
    Bought from
    DOLLAR GENERAL
    Bought
    Jan 3, 2015
    Where
    Loganville, Georgia: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Age 1, Male
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Other Relative
    As this report names them
    Brand Smart & Simple, made or sold by Dollar General Corporation
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    Incident, No Injury

CPSC’s disclaimer

Disclaimer: CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of the Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database on SaferProducts.gov, particularly with respect to information submitted by people outside of CPSC.

Source:

Word for word, from the disclaimer in CPSC’s export.

Sources

Sources
  • U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.

    Released Oct 25, 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.

Source:

Reports of harm are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record.

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11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

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