October 27, 2009
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said it asked T&L Trading Corp. of Brooklyn, N.Y. to recall a dangerous baby pacifier but the company refused. The CPSC has now issued a warning to parents and caregivers to avoid the product and to take it away from children now using it.
T&L Trading markets the "My Baby Soother," which the CPSC says poses a choking hazard. Federal regulators say the product fails to meet federal safety standards because the nipples can separate from the base easily, posing a choking hazard to infants and toddlers.
About 16,500 "My Baby Soother" pacifiers were sold at grocery stores, delis, and discount stores in Bronx, Brooklyn, Broadway, and Coney Island of New York from August 2007 through July 2009 for about $1.
The "My Baby Soother" pacifier has a ring-shaped handle and a blue, pink, red, white or yellow heart-shaped mouth guard with two ventilation holes. The nipple is made of either silicon or latex. The pacifier package has the words "My Baby Soother" printed on the top and a picture of an infant on the background.
Distributors and retailers who purchased the "My Baby Soother" pacifiers from T & L Trading should immediately stop distributing the pacifier and call CPSC. Consumers should immediately take the recalled pacifiers away from infants and toddlers and discard them.
The CPSC did not say why T&L Trading Corp. refused to recall the pacifiers.
