The Children’s Burns Trust, the Child Accident Prevention Trust, the National Fire Chiefs Council, the National Fire Protection Association and the Metropolitan Fire Chief’s Association are deeply concerned about the Fisher Price Coffee Cup Teether and are inviting other organisations and individuals to join our campaign to have this product removed from sale worldwide.

Data provided by the International Burn Injury Database (iBID) show that 25% of all burns to children are tea and coffee cup spills. In the UK, this equates to NHS services treating more than 30 babies and toddlers with a hot drink burn every single day.

We wrote to Mattel, the manufacturer of the Fisher Price Coffee Cup Teether, to express our concerns regarding this product and requesting that they consider removing it from the market.

At the time of writing, we have not had a response and it has not been possible to reach Mattel via email or telephone.

With National Burn Awareness Day 2021 on the horizon, we are reaching out to families, organisations and our friends across the burns community to join us in a campaign to lobby Mattel and have this dangerous product removed from sale.