Stop Using ‘My Baby Soother’ Pacifiers Due to Choking Hazard, CPSC Warns

Parents and others who care for young children should immediately stop giving My Baby Soother brand pacifiers to infants and toddlers because the products may be defective and pose a risk of choking, the Consumer Product Safety Commission is warning.

About 16,500 of the pacifiers were distributed by T & L Trading Corp. of Brooklyn, N.Y. and sold in grocery stores, delicatessens, and discount stores in the New York City communities of the Bronx, Brooklyn, Broadway, and Coney Island for about $1.

The pacifiers fail to meet federal safety standards because the nipples can easily come loose from the base, the CPSC said. However, despite the concerns, T & L has refused to recall the pacifiers, prompting the CSPC warning.

Defective Products Account for Thousands of Injuries, Deaths

Dangerous and defective children’s products, including pacifiers, are a leading cause of injury and death in the United States. Each year, thousands of American children are seriously injured or killed in accidents involving defective toys, cribs, and other household products.

“My Baby Soother” pacifiers have ring-shaped handles and blue, pink, red, white, or yellow heart-shaped mouth guards with two ventilation holes. The nipples are made of either silicon or latex. The packaging has “My Baby Soother” printed on the top and a picture of an infant on the background, the CPSC said.

The defective and potentially dangerous pacifiers should be taken away from infants and toddlers and thrown away, product-safety officials said. Retailers and distributors who purchased “My Baby Soother” pacifiers from T & L Trading should immediately stop distributing the pacifiers and contact the CPSC to arrange getting the products taken out of circulation, officials said.

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