California company announces recall of pacifiers due to choking hazard

The Van Nuys, California, importer of infant’s pacifiers has announced a recall of some 180,000 pacifier and clip sets, after the firm noted the clip may become detached and could pose a choking hazard to the users, according to Fox News.

The company, Munchkins, reported it had received ten reports of the disconnection between the pacifier and the clip, but so far, no injuries have been recorded.  The recall covers its Latch Lightweight pacifiers and clips, sold in Babies R Us, Target, Walmart, and other retail outlets between March of 2014 and March of this year.  The recall includes products bought both in the stores and through the stores’ online offerings.  The pacifier sets sold for $11 and $15 each.

According to a report from the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the pacifiers in the recall were sold in five different styles, designer, rattle and heartbeat clips with 0m+ natural shape pacifiers, and designer and rattle clips with 6m+ orthodontic pacifiers.  The designer pacifiers and clips 0m+ and 6m+ are in three color patterns: blue and white strips, orange and with white polka dots and pink with white polka dots. The rattle pacifiers and clips 0m+ and 6m+ are green with beads in the pacifier cover to make a rattle sound and have a polka dot strap. The heartbeat pacifiers and clips have a red, heart-shaped pacifier cover and red and white polka dots on the strap.

Reports of the detachment of the clips came from both the US and Canada, with five incidents each, said the CPSC.  The agency recommended customers should take the clips away from young children immediately.

Customers who have purchased these products have been advised to contact the company at 1-877-242-3134, between the hours of 7AM to 5PM PST, Monday through Friday, for a replacement Latch Lightweight Pacifier – 2 pack pacifier.  Customers may also contact the firm online at www.munchkin.com.   The company also said any customers not satisfied with the replacement offer will be able to receive a full refund upon receipt of the entire product set by the company.