Baby Wipes Recall: Bacteria Found in Target Up & Up Wipes

What Was Recalled?

Target recalled eight pack sizes of Up & Up baby wipes after FDA testing found two bacteria capable of causing serious infections in product samples. Any affected pack can be returned to any Target store for a full refund.

Up & Up is Target’s own store brand, and the wipes were made for it by a supplier named in the notice as Sapro Temizlik Urunleri.

Target announced the recall on June 4, 2026, and the FDA published it the following day. The recalled packs carry expiration dates running into 2028, which is why boxes bought last winter are still sitting in nurseries and changing bags.

Which Products Are Affected?

Match the UPC on the pack rather than the name, since the count sizes overlap between the two varieties.

Not every pack with these UPCs is recalled — the date codes decide it.

How to Read the Date Codes

The codes on these packs run day-month-year, not the month-day-year order Americans expect. Read one the usual way and you get the wrong answer.

The clearest example is in Target’s own notice: the expiration code 100528 means 10 May 2028, not October 5. Likewise 051128 is 5 November 2028, and the manufacturing code 071125 is 7 November 2025.

The cucumber-scented recall is far narrower: two days of production, against roughly six months for the fragrance free wipes.

Some codes appear in the notice with trailing characters, written as 071125X/XX, where the X positions stand for pack-specific digits Target hasn’t spelled out. Only the six-digit date at the front decides whether a pack is covered.

Why Was It Recalled?

Customers complained that the wipes were discolored. The FDA then tested samples and found Burkholderia cepacia complex and Burkholderia gladioli.

Both are environmental bacteria that cause opportunistic infections, meaning they take hold where a body’s defenses are already weak rather than in a healthy adult. The FDA warns that products contaminated with them can cause serious and life-threatening infections.

That risk lands hardest on the people these wipes are made for. On healthy skin with small cuts or grazes, the likely result is a local infection. In newborns, infants, young children and anyone immunocompromised, the FDA says the infection is more likely to reach the bloodstream, where it can cause sepsis or pneumonia. B. cepacia is also a well-known danger to people with cystic fibrosis.

Most recall notices say no injuries have been reported. This one doesn’t. Target and the manufacturer say they have received a number of consumer complaints and adverse event reports describing discoloration along with skin irritation, eye irritation, and infections potentially linked to the wipes. Those reports remain under investigation, so nothing has been confirmed as caused by the product.

What Should Parents Do?

• Stop using them immediately if the UPC matches and the date code falls in the recalled range.
• Check the diaper bag, the car, and the grandparents’ house, not just the changing table. These sell in 800 and 1200 count boxes that get split across several places.
• Return them to any Target store for a full refund.
• Call your pediatrician if your child has developed a rash, eye irritation, or any infection you connect to the wipes, and mention the recall by name.

How to Get Your Money Back

Target is giving full refunds on recalled wipes returned to any store. No receipt requirement appears in the notice, and no deadline is set.

Bring the pack itself, since the UPC and date code are what establish eligibility. If you’ve already thrown it out, Target Guest Relations may be able to work from your purchase history, which is worth asking about if you paid by card, used the app, or ordered online.

Guest Relations is on 1-800-440-0680, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Central, seven days a week.

Photograph the pack, including the UPC and the date code, before you return it. A refund is straightforward, but if your child was treated for an infection, that photograph is the only proof you had a recalled pack.

Where Was It Sold?

Target stores nationwide and Target.com. The notice names no other retailer.

Because these are store-brand wipes, the same product isn’t sitting on another retailer’s shelf under a different name.

What Target Hasn’t Said

Consumer Reports asked Target how many complaints it had received, when they arrived, whether any serious health problems were reported, and whether Sapro Temizlik Urunleri supplied any other baby wipes or products sold at Target.

Target answered none of those, responding instead with a general statement about caring deeply about guest safety and pointing back to the recall notice.

That leaves the most useful question open for parents: whether the contamination stops at these eight pack sizes. Reports posted on the government’s SaferProducts.gov site describing rashes and fungal infections after using Up & Up wipes are public and searchable.

What If My Child Got Sick?

Call your pediatrician rather than waiting, and say the child may have been exposed to Burkholderia from recalled wipes. That name tells the lab what to look for, which matters with organisms that aren’t always identified unless someone is looking for them.

Symptoms can be absent altogether, or range from fever and fatigue to respiratory infection. A rash, weeping skin, or eye irritation after using the wipes is worth a call even if the child seems otherwise well.

Photograph any rash as well, and keep the receipt or order record. A refund covers the wipes and nothing else.

How to Report an Incident

Report a reaction or a problem with the wipes to the FDA through its product problem form, or by calling 1-888-INFO-FDA.

Reports from customers are what started this recall.

Official Recall Information

This is a voluntary recall by Target, conducted with the FDA’s knowledge and published by the agency as a company announcement without endorsement of the product or the company.

Target has not said how many packs are involved. Eight sizes sold nationwide across roughly six months of production is a large recall by any reading, but no unit count appears in the announcement, and neither does an FDA classification or recall number. Those are assigned separately when a recall is entered in the FDA’s enforcement report database.

Target says it is coordinating with the manufacturer and continuing to investigate, so the scope of this recall is not necessarily settled.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Up & Up baby wipes are recalled?

Fragrance Free and Fresh Cucumber Scented, in the eight pack sizes and date code ranges listed above. A pack has to match on both a UPC and a date code to be included.

How do I read the date code on the pack?

Day first, then month, then year. A code of 100528 is 10 May 2028, not 5 October. Reading it as an American date will give you the wrong result.

Do I need a receipt to return the wipes?

The notice sets no receipt requirement and no deadline. Take the pack to any Target store, and contact Guest Relations on 1-800-440-0680 if a store refuses.

My baby has a rash. Is it from the wipes?

That is a question for your pediatrician rather than a website. Rashes have many causes, and the reports linking symptoms to these wipes are still under investigation, so nothing has been confirmed either way.

Can I use them for cleaning instead of throwing them away?

No. The bacteria don’t become harmless because the wipe touches a counter instead of a baby, and using them spreads contamination around the house. Return the pack for the refund, which you get whether the box is full or nearly empty.

The pack looks and smells normal. Is it safe?

Not necessarily. Discoloration is what customers reported, but contamination doesn’t reliably announce itself, so the UPC and date code decide it rather than appearance.

About This Page

RecallRefunds.com is a consumer information site. We are not a recall administrator, a government agency, a law firm, or a manufacturer, and we are not affiliated with Target or Sapro Temizlik Urunleri. This page summarizes a public cosmetics recall and is general information rather than legal or medical advice. Any question about a child’s symptoms belongs with a pediatrician, and eligibility questions should be checked against the official notice.