Skip Hop Baby Sesame Street Elmo Silicone Teether Recall (September 2026)
Choking hazard.
| What | Skip Hop Baby Sesame Street Elmo Silicone Teether |
|---|---|
| Brand | Skip Hop |
| The hazard | choking hazard |
| Category | Other |
| Who it affects | General public Children, pregnant or breast feeding women |
| Recalled by | Importer The Genuine Canadian Corporation Mississauga, Ontario Canada Retailer Carter’s Osh Kosh Canada |
| Issued by | Health Canada — Consumer Product Safety |
| Recall date | 2026-09-03 |
What was recalled
This recall involves the Skip Hop Baby Sesame Street Elmo Silicone Teether. The silicone teether is in the shape of Elmo’s face (red, orange, black, white) and includes a textured key (blue) and fabric crayon box (beige, blue, green, yellow, orange, red).
Why it was recalled
The pupil segment (black) of Elmo’s eye on the teether can separate during use if frozen and be a potential choking hazard.
As of September 3, 2026, the company has received 3 reports of incident and no reports of injury in Canada. In the United States, there has been 1 report of incident and no reports of injury.
What to do
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled product and contact Skip Hop Inc. for further instructions on disposal of the product and to receive a refund in the form of a gift card.
For more information, consumers can contact Skip Hop Inc. by telephone at 1-800-692-4674 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EST, Monday to Friday or visit the company website.
Joint recall with Health Canada, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (US CPSC) and Skip Hop Inc..
Please note that the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act prohibits recalled products from being redistributed, sold or even given away in Canada.
Health Canada would like to remind consumers to report any health or safety incidents related to the use of this product or any other consumer product or cosmetic by filling out the Consumer Product Incident Report Form.
This recall is also posted on the OECD Global Portal on Product Recalls website. You can visit this site for more information on other international consumer product recalls.
Background
Number Sold
The company reported that 3,273 units of the affected products were sold in Canada and 17,462 units were sold in the United States.
Time Period Sold
The affected products were sold from January 2025 to March 2026.
Place of Origin
Manufactured in China
Source: the official Canadian recall notice, published 2026-09-03. Every fact on this page comes from that notice — if anything here disagrees with it, the notice wins.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.