American Boy and Girl Girl’s "Susan" Sandals

What went wrong

The notice saysThe top strap can be pulled loose from the shoe, posing a choking hazard to the child.

The federal small parts rule sets how small a detached piece has to be to count as a choking risk for children under three. Most shoe recalls in this group came after a firm learned that a decoration was coming off; many notices mention only a few reports. Decorations that look sturdy can still loosen with wear, so the notice’s style details are the thing to match.

How to tell if your pair is affected

Product description in the noticeThis recall involves infant girl sandals sold under the Falls Creek Baby brand. The "Susan" style was sold in infant sizes 3 to 6 months, 6 to 9 months and 9 to 12 months. The white leather sandals have three pink, purple and yellow flowers on the top and a top strap that attaches to a hook and loop fastener on each side of the shoe. "Falls Creek Baby" and the size are printed on the inside of the shoe.

The notice gives no style numbers or barcodes, so you match on what it does give: the brand and style (Girl’s "Susan" Sandals), the sizes (infant sizes 3 to 6 months, 6 to 9 months and 9 to 12 months), the sale period (April 2013 to July 2013), 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 sandals away from children and contact American Boy and Girl for a refund or replacement.

Recall contact, as printed in the notice: American Boy and Girl at (800) 689-9237 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or online at www.abgnyc.com, and click on "Recall Information" for more information.

The recall is 12 years old, and the last pairs were sold about 13 years ago. Children outgrow shoes fast, so pairs like these now turn up mainly as hand-me-downs or in resale, where the recall still applies. 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 1,300 units, this is the 88th 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 4 months (April 2013 to July 2013), against a median of 7 months across recalls that state one. The recall came 4 months after the last sale date.
• The notice gives a price of $6 to $9. For sandals, clogs and flip-flops in the archive the typical stated price is about $24, 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

• 2013 brought 8 footwear recalls in our archive, covering about 138,390 units in all. This was the 7th of the year by date and the 6th largest by units.
• The notice names the strap as the part that fails. 2 other footwear recalls in the archive name the same part in their hazard statement; the most recent is Birchwood Sole Sandal Clogs (2007).
• 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 1,300 units come to roughly $9,800 of retail sales.

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