Warner Bros. Studio Store Tweety Rattle and Tweety girls' jelly swimwear sandals

What went wrong

The notice saysBoth products are being recalled because small parts of each product can detach and pose a choking hazard to young children.

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 noticeThe rattle is sold as part of a Tweety Bib, Rattle and Spoon Set. The rattle, which is covered with a yellow cloth and is approximately 5 inches long, is a Tweety image and has a small blue and white bib (about 1.5 inches wide and 1.4 inches long) tied around Tweety’s neck. Tweety’s bib can detach, posing a choking hazard to a young child. The Tweety sandals are girls' jelly swimwear sandals made of transparent pink plastic with embedded sparkles and a picture on the inside soles of Tweety sitting on flowers. The sandals were sold in infant sizes from 3 to 15 months. The sandals have three round plastic flowers on the top surface. The flowers can detach, posing a choking hazard to a young child.

The notice gives no style numbers or barcodes, so you match on what it does give: the brand and style (Tweety Rattle and Tweety girls' jelly swimwear sandals), the sale period (August 1998 to January 2000) and where it was sold (see “Sold at” above). If a detail does not line up, the recall contact below can confirm.

What the notice tells you to do

RemedyConsumers should take these products away from children immediately and return them to a Warner Bros. Store for a refund.

Recall contact, as printed in the notice: For more information regarding these recalls, consumers should call Warner Bros. Store toll-free at (800) 795-9277 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. PT Monday through Friday.

The recall is 26 years old, and the last pairs were sold about 26 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 for the firm; details that old may have changed, and the CPSC notice stays online as the record.

How this recall compares

• With about 3,800 units, this is the 68th 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 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 18 months (August 1998 to January 2000), 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 $10 to $15. 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.
• The notice cites 3 reports before the recall. 36 of the 95 detailed notices in the archive cite no incidents at all.

Year, part, store and origin

• 2000 brought 2 footwear recalls in our archive, covering about 5,800 units in all. This was the 1st of the year by date and the 1st largest by units.
• 3 reports on about 3,800 units works out to roughly 79 reports per 100,000 units. The median across the 55 recalls that give both figures is 16, so this recall drew more reports per pair than most.
• At the stated price, the 3,800 units come to roughly $48,000 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.