Munchkin has recalled about 180,000 of its Latch lightweight pacifiers and clips – sold as a set – due to potential choking hazards.
The Van Nuys, California-based firm has received 10 reports equally in the U.S. and Canada of the clip cover detaching from the pacifier clip. No injury has been reported yet.
The products have been distributed to Babies R Us, Walmart, Target, and other retailers, baby boutiques, and discount stores around the country. They have also been sold online at Amazon, Munchkin.com, and other sites from March 2014 to March this year, costing $11 to $15.
According to a recall announcement posted by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the pacifiers are available in five different styles, namely designer, rattle, and heartbeat clips with zero month+ natural shape pacifiers, and then designer and rattle clips with 6 months+ orthodontic pacifiers.
The designer pacifiers and clips for both age groups are in three color patterns: orange and with white polka dots, pink with white polka dots, and blue and white strips.
The rattle pacifiers and clips, on the other hand, are green and feature beads in the pacifier cover to create a rattle sound. They also have a polka dot strap.
The heartbeat styles maintain a red and heart-shaped pacifier cover, as well as red-and-white polka design on the strap.
Consumers are urged to get the clip right away from the babies, and then contact the company for free product replacement or full refund.
Recalled consumer products this year also include a line of electric water kettles with a heating element posing a burn and shock hazard, reported the Associated Press. Affected are Rival brand products with model numbers WK8283CU and WK8283CUY – found on nationwide Walmart stores and online and sold from March 2011 to October 2015.
“The heating element can fail and rupture, posing burn and shock hazards to the user,” noted the statement, with 80 documented incidents that include seven burn reports.
Around 1.2 million stocks are affected, where customers can contact Walmart or visit its website for product recall information.
Avalanche rescue probes also issued a recall of their Mountain Safety Research Striker 320 and Striker 240 products, the probes of which are used by searchers to identify someone or something buried by snow in a post-avalanche situation.
The probe’s lock button can fail to engage and lock, leading the probe to malfunction.
“This can interfere with finding someone buried beneath snow, posing a suffocation hazard,” the AP report continued.
Read recent consumer recalls on the CPSC website.
