Mummy Buzz

Mar
30
2014

RECALL: Walmart My Sweet Baby Cuddle Care Doll

Burn hazard

walmart doll recall

Health Canada, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (US CPSC), Walmart Canada and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in the U.S. have jointly recalled the above interactive doll with the following UPC/model number: 628915079777/30692735.

Walmart Canada received six reports of the doll's electrical parts overheating. Two of those incidents resulted in a burn hole through the doll's clothing.

In the United States, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. received 12 reports of incidents, two of which caused thumb burns or blisters.

Customers are advised to immediately remove the dolls from children and return the item to Walmart Canada for a full refund. For further information, customers can contact Walmart Canada at 1-888-778-8525. 

From July 2013 to January 2014, approximately 4,437 of the recalled dolls were sold in Canada, and from August 2012 to March 2014, approximately 174,000 were imported to the U.S.