Product Recall Number: 14-097
Why was Fred & Friends Chill Baby Artiste, Volume and Panic pacifiers recalled?
The pacifiers fail to meet federal safety standards. The beard on the Artiste and the knob on the Volume pacifiers can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children. In addition, the ventilation holes on the Volume and Panic pacifier guards are too small.
Product Recall Number: 14-097
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2014-01-30
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: Fred & Friends Chill Baby Artiste, Volume and Panic pacifiers
Description: The Chill Baby Artiste, Volume and Panic pacifiers fail to meet federal safety standards.
Hazard Description: The pacifiers fail to meet federal safety standards. The beard on the Artiste and the knob on the Volume pacifiers can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children. In addition, the ventilation holes on the Volume and Panic pacifier guards are too small.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Refund
Units: About 183,000 in the United States and 17,000 in Canada
Incidents: Fred & Friends has received one report of the knob on the Volume pacifier detaching. No injuries have been reported.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately take the recalled pacifiers away from young children and return them to Fred & Friends for a $12 refund. Fred & Friends is providing a postage paid envelope for consumers to return the recalled pacifiers.
Sold At: Department stores, gift, drug, toy, baby product, grocery and home decorating stores, and hospital, museum gift shops nationwide and various websites from April 2013 through December 2013 for about $10.
Importers: None Listed
Manufacturers: None Listed
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: China
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed