FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 20, 1999
Release # 99-146
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Company Phone Number: (800) 344-6453
CPSC Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: Kim Dulic, (301) 504-7058
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CPSC, NIKE Announce Recall of NIKE Sport Waterbottles
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC), NIKE USA Inc., of Beaverton, Ore., is voluntarily
recalling about 250,000 NIKE sport waterbottles. The drinking valve on
the cap can detach, posing a choking hazard.
NIKE has received one report of a valve detaching during use.
There have been no reports of injuries.
The NIKE Sport Waterbottle is a curved-shaped, 22-ounce bottle
with a separate, black screw-top lid. The bottle body comes in gray,
blue or yellow, and has a black rubberized grip area on each side. The
word "NIKE" is on the bottom of the bottle. The NIKE "Swoosh" logo
appears on the cap, and on the bottom and the grip area of the bottle.
Major sporting goods and department stores nationwide sold these
bottles from April 1999 through July 1999 for about $7.
Consumers should stop using these bottles immediately. Consumers
can either return the bottles to the store where purchased for a credit,
or contact NIKE to receive a redesigned cap. Consumers wanting a new cap
should throw the old cap in the trash. For more information, consumers
should call NIKE at (800) 344-6453 between 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. PDT
Monday through Friday, or access the NIKE web site.
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