Tommee Tippee Urges Australian Parents To Check Cups And Bottles For Mould Issues

At least 68 children were reportedly sick due to mould issues of the popular brand of children’s water cups and bottles. 

With the recall in US and Canada being issued by Mayborn USA, Australian parents are now being urged to check their Tommee Tippee cups and bottles and contact Tommee Tippee Australia to organise a replacement of the valve, where the moulds accumulate.

In its Facebook page, Tommee Tippee Australia wrote:

“Consumers have been able to contact us, their local store or distributor, dependant on their location, to arrange replacements for their white valves.

“It’s a similar process in the USA and Canada, but because the regulatory procedures are different there, it is called a recall, rather than a replacement.

“If you have these cups we can organise replacements, simply PM us with your full name, address, how many cups you have and if they are for boy or girl.”

More than 3.1 million Tommee Tippee cups and bottles in the US and Canada are being recalled. The five types of 7- and 10-ounce cups are affected: First Sips Transition cups, Trainer Sippee cups, Sippee cups, Sportee bottles and Insulated Swiggle/Sippee tumblers, which are made for children ages 4 to 12 months old. These cups were sold between December 2014 and May 2016 in the U.S. and Canada.

The company explained in the recall summary:

“Mold can develop on the removable, one-piece, white valve inside the spill-proof Tommee Tippee Sippee cups when it remains wet/moist and is infrequently cleaned. The CPSC advises that mold ingestion poses a risk of gastrointestinal symptoms and infections in consumers with compromised immune systems.”

Mayborn USA has received over 3,000 reports of mould in the removable, one-piece, opaque valve of the Sippee cups. The mould, which cannot be seen unless the valve is taken apart, something that needs pliers to break it, has reportedly made at least 68 children in the US ill with common symptoms including vomiting and diarrhoea.

The company has now launched an investigation into the valve, which is a new design, when parents posted photos of their mouldy products on social media.

Since three months ago, parents have posted on social media the reason why their kids get sick despite cleaning the cups and bottles. Penny Powell posted her experience on Facebook and urged other parents with similar experience with the cups to file a complaint.

Tommee Tippee says the replacement valve will be easier to clean.

Source: Aww.com.au and Edition.cnn.com