Meijer Falls Creek infant boy shoes

What went wrong

The notice saysThe shoe lace toggles can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children.

Here the loose piece is a working part of the shoe, not an add-on decoration. Fasteners such as snaps, rivets, zipper tabs and tags are pressed or sewn in at the factory, and when that attachment is weak they can work free with ordinary flexing. Because the part looks like it belongs there, parents rarely think to test it; a firm pull with your fingers is the quickest check.

How to tell if your pair is affected

Product description in the noticeThis recall involves Meijer Falls Creek infant boy casual shoes with bungee laces and toggles. The brown leather shoes were sold in infant sizes 5 to 10 and have "Falls Creek" imprinted on the bottom of the shoe.

The notice gives no style numbers or barcodes, so you match on what it does give: the brand and style (Falls Creek infant boy shoes), the sizes (infant sizes 5 to 10), the sale period (July 2010 to September 2010), the store (Meijer) and the “made in” label (China). If a detail does not line up, the recall contact below can confirm.

What the notice tells you to do

RemedyConsumers should immediately take the recalled shoes from children. Consumers can remove and discard the toggles to eliminate the hazard or return the product to any Meijer store for a full refund.

Recall contact, as printed in the notice: For additional information, contact Meijer at (800) 927-8699 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or visit the firm’s website at www.meijer.com

The recall is 15 years old, and the last pairs were sold about 16 years ago. A child who wore these at the time has long outgrown them, yet shoes like these keep circulating through younger siblings, swaps and thrift racks. The notice gives a phone number and a website for the firm; details that old may have changed, and the CPSC notice stays online as the record.

How this recall compares

• With about 2,300 units, this is the 74th largest of the 95 footwear recalls in our archive that give a U.S. unit count. The median recall in the archive covers about 7,200 units, so this one is well below typical size.
• 41 other footwear recalls in the archive cite the same kind of hazard (choking), 41 of them in children’s footwear. The earliest in this group dates from 1993.
• The notice puts the sales window at about 3 months (July 2010 to September 2010), against a median of 7 months across recalls that state one. The recall came 1 month after the last sale date.
• The notice gives a price of $15. For shoes in the archive the typical stated price is about $38, so this pair sat at the cheaper end of its group.
• No incidents were reported before this recall. That is true of 36 of the 95 detailed notices in the archive: firms often recall after their own testing or a supplier finding, not after injuries.

Year, part, store and origin

• It is the only footwear recall from 2010 in our archive.
• The notice names the toggle or tag as the part that fails. 4 other footwear recalls in the archive name the same part in their hazard statement; the most recent is Cat & Jack "Himani" and "Jaren" Toddler Boots (2020).
• Sold at Meijer. 4 other footwear recalls in the archive also list Meijer as a seller; the most recent is Children’s shoes (2016).
• Made in China. 61 of the 91 notices in the archive that name a country list China (67%).
• At the stated price, the 2,300 units come to roughly $35,000 of retail sales.

Against the other Meijer recall

Meijer also recalled Bumble Bee and Lady Bug Infant Slipper Socks on May 11, 2011. This recall came 6 months before it. It was the smaller of the two, 2,300 units against 17,400. Both are choking recalls, but here the toggle or tag fails, there the decoration. These sold for more, $15 against $4. They were on sale for a shorter time, about 3 months against 22 months. The notice cites no reports, the later one 1.

Comparisons use the 103 footwear recalls in our archive, read from the CPSC recall database on October 20, 2026. See data and methods.