Oxidizer Increaser Tablets for Swimming Pools Recall
CPSC recall 97166. Recall date: .
Hazard, in the words of CPSC
Choking
CPSC recall 97166 has the recall date 31 Jul 1997. The notice names the firm Zeneca Pool Products. The CPSC record gives no number of units. This register puts the recall under the hazard Choking. CPSC gives the product type Swimming Pool Items.
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| Description | Oxidizer Increaser Tablets for Swimming Pools Recall NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:Ken Giles July 31, 1997 (301) 504-7052 Release # 97-166 CPSC, Zeneca Pool Products Announce Recall of Oxidizer Increaser Tablets for Swimming Pools WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Zeneca Pool Products of Wilmington, Del., is voluntarily recalling about 17,000 boxes of BAQUA PLUSTM Oxidizer Increaser tablets. The tablets are used to help maintain the clarity of swimming pool water. The tablets could degrade and expand beyond their protective packaging at high temperatures. Contact with the chemicals in these tablets, sodium perborate and sodium bisulfate, can burn the eyes and irritate the skin, respiratory passages and mucous membrane. Zeneca Pool Products has received 20 reports of the tablets degrading and expanding beyond their protective packaging. No injuries have been reported. The recalled tablets are packaged in a mostly blue cardboard carton with 16 individually sealed pouches. Each pouch contains two large white… |
| Product | Swimming Pool Items |
| Product | Baqua Plus Oxidizer Increaser tablets |
| Manufacturer | Zeneca Pool Products; Baquacil |
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The recall in context
- Units in this recall
- not givenMedian of 1997: not given
- CPSC recalls of 1997
- 151
- Recalls of 1997 with one of the same hazards
- 17%
- Recalls of 1997 in the category Swimming Pool Items
- 3%
- Recalls on the register that name Zeneca Pool Products
- 1
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Recall Register. CPSC recall 97166. https://recallregister.com/product/5999-oxidizer-increaser-tablets-for-swimming-pools-recall/. Source: CPSC Recall Retrieval Web Services. Data through .
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- Data retrieved
- 30 Sep 2026
- Newest CPSC recall on the register
- 24 Sep 2026
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Questions
- Does CPSC recall 97166 report injuries?
- The CPSC record of recall 97166 has no incident or injury text.