Product Recall Number: 16-156
Why was LatchTM lightweight pacifiers and clips recalled?
The clip cover can detach from the pacifier’s clip, posing a choking hazard for young children.
Product Recall Number: 16-156
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2016-05-05
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: LatchTM lightweight pacifiers and clips
Description: The clip cover can detach from the pacifier’s clip.
Hazard Description: The clip cover can detach from the pacifier’s clip, posing a choking hazard for young children.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Refund, Replace
Units: About 180,000
Incidents: The firm has received 10 reports (5 in the U.S. and 5 in Canada) of the clip cover detaching from the pacifier clip. No injuries have been reported.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately take the clip away from young children and contact Munchkin for a free replacement Lightweight Pacifier pack with two pacifiers or a full refund.
Sold At: "Babies R Us, Target, Wal-Mart and other mass merchandisers, juvenile product, baby boutique and discount stores nationwide and online at amazon.com, munchkin.com and other website from March 2014 through March 2016 for between $11 and $15."
Importers: Munchkin Inc., of Van Nuys, Calif.
Manufacturers: None Listed
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: China
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed