CPSC, Delta Enterprise Corp. Announce Recall of Lov's Pacifiers

Recalled May 12, 2005 · CPSC recall 05173 · Delta Enterprise

Hazard

The pacifiers are banned under federal law. They failed federal safety tests when the nipples separated from the base. This poses a choking hazard to young children.

Remedy

Consumers should discard the pacifiers and contact the firm for instructions on how to obtain a refund or replacement product.

Units

About 180,000

Incidents / injuries

CPSC has received one report of a 6-month-old child who was found gagging on the nipple that had separated from the pacifier. The child was not injured.

Description

The recalled pacifier measures about 2-1/4 inches in width and 1-1/2 inches in length and has button or hinged handles. The pacifiers are white with various colored handles. Designs are imprinted on some pacifier shields. One pacifier shield is decorated with a pink elephant, a purple giraffe with green polka dots, a blue lion with yellow fur and a blue cloud and yellow sun. Another pacifier shield has blue stars with Santa shapes. The amber colored nipple, imprinted with the words "caoui," "chouc" and "pur," is about 1-1/8 inches long. "Lov 2-Pack," "Decorated Orthodontic Pacifier," and "97705" are printed on the front packaging of the pacifiers. "Delta Enterprise Corp., Brooklyn NY 11212 Made in Thailand" is printed on the package back.

What to do

Consumers should discard the pacifiers and contact the firm for instructions on how to obtain a refund or replacement product.

Contact

Contact Delta Enterprise's Pacifier Hotline at (800) 377-3777 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or visit the firm's Web site at www.deltaenterprise.com/recall

Product

Lov's Decorated Orthodontic Pacifier

Distributed by

Delta Enterprise Corp.

Retailers

Small retail stores, from November 2001 through December 2004, for about $1.

Made in

Thailand

Source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Official recall notice on cpsc.gov →