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CPSC, Natura Products Downey Inc. Announce Recall of Pacifiers Firms agree to stop importation until hazard is eliminated
Recalled September 24, 2004 · CPSC recall 04223 · Natura Products Downey
Hazard
The pacifiers are banned under federal law. They failed federal safety tests, come apart, and can pose a choking hazard to infants and small children.
Remedy
Consumers should immediately take the pacifiers away from young children and return them to the store where purchased for a full refund.
Units
About 9,400
Incidents / injuries
CPSC has received one report of a pacifier nipple that detached from the pacifier while in the mouth of a seven-month-old. The child was not injured.
Description
The pacifiers, which measure three inches long and about 1½ inches across the base, are pink, blue, green or white plastic with a yellow nipple. The pacifiers have a circular handle and the shield is labeled "Jaloma." The nipples are filled with a sugary substance.
What to do
Consumers should immediately take the pacifiers away from young children and return them to the store where purchased for a full refund.
Contact
Consumers should call Natura Products Downey collect at (323) 726-9098 between 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. PT Monday through Friday.
Product
Jaloma pacifiers
Imported by
Natura Products Downey Inc., of City of Commerce, Calif.
Retailers
Various small Mexican supermarkets and commercial retailers nationwide, from March 2004 through August 2004, for between $0.35 and $1.
Made in
Mexico
Source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Official recall notice on cpsc.gov →