CPSCGeneral Alert
Chewbeads Recalls Pacifier Clips Due to Choking Hazard
Published: September 29, 2015Recall ID: 15255Category: generalCountry: US
Reason for Recall / Hazard
The "D" ring on the pacifier clip can break, allowing beads to detach, posing a choking hazard.
Product Description & Identification
This recall involves five styles of Chewbeads Baby pacifier clip holders. The "Where's the Pacifier?" pacifier clips styles include shapes of a Butterfly, Dinosaur, Heart, Sheriff Badge and a white baseball with red stitching and a major league baseball team logo. "Chewbeads baby" is imprinted in raised letters on the rubber shape attachment. The pacifier clips have eight multi-colored beads threaded through a narrow satin ribbon that attaches to a pacifier on one end and a plastic D-ring on the other. The clip and beads are about six inches long. The garment clip has the following number code on the back of the plastic clip: 3/31/14, 08/08/14, 12/01/14, 14/30/09, 15/02/09, 25/04/14.
Affected Products
Pacifier clips
Additional Source Details
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| U R L | https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2015/Chewbeads-Recalls-Pacifier-Clips |
| Title | Chewbeads Recalls Pacifier Clips Due to Choking Hazard |
| Images › 1 › U R L | https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/Recall.2015.15255.butterfly.jpg |
| Images › 1 › Caption | Chewbeads Pacifier Clip – Butterfly |
| Images › 2 › U R L | https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/Recall.2015.15255.dino.jpg |
| Images › 2 › Caption | Chewbeads Pacifier Cip – Dinosaur |
| Images › 3 › U R L | https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/Recall.2015.15255.heart.jpg |
| Images › 3 › Caption | Chewbeads Pacifier Clip – Heart |
| Images › 4 › U R L | https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/Recall.2015.15255.sheriff.jpg |
| Images › 4 › Caption | Chewbeads Pacifier Clip – Sheriff Badge |
| Images › 5 › U R L | https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/Recall.2015.15255.sox.jpg |
| Images › 5 › Caption | Chewbeads Pacifier Clip – Major League Baseball Theme |
| Images › 6 › U R L | https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/Recall.2015.15255.As.jpg |
| Images › 6 › Caption | Chewbeads Pacifier Clip – Major League Baseball Theme |
| Hazards › Name | The "D" ring on the pacifier clip can break, allowing beads to detach, posing a choking hazard. |
| Injuries › Name | The firm has received seven reports of the beads detaching. No injuries have been reported. |
| Products › Name | Pacifier clips |
| Products › Type | Pacifiers and Teething Rings |
| Products › Category I D | 67568 |
| Products › Number Of Units | About 45,000 in United States (in addition about 5,900 were sold in Canada) |
| Recall I D | 6528 |
| Remedies › Name | Consumers should immediately take these recalled pacifier clips away from young children and contact Chewbeads for a free replacement pacifier clip or a refund of the purchase price. |
| Importers › Name | Chewbeads, of New York, N.Y. |
| Retailers › Name | Buy Buy Baby and small boutique retail stores nationwide and in Canada from September 2014 through June 2015 for $16.50 for the baseball themed clips and $15 for the other style clips. |
| Recall Date | 2015-09-29T00:00:00 |
| Description | This recall involves five styles of Chewbeads Baby pacifier clip holders. The "Where's the Pacifier?" pacifier clips styles include shapes of a Butterfly, Dinosaur, Heart, Sheriff Badge and a white baseball with red stitching and a major league baseball team logo. "Chewbeads baby" is imprinted in raised letters on the rubber shape attachment. The pacifier clips have eight multi-colored beads threaded through a narrow satin ribbon that attaches to a pacifier on one end and a plastic D-ring on the other. The clip and beads are about six inches long. The garment clip has the following number code on the back of the plastic clip: 3/31/14, 08/08/14, 12/01/14, 14/30/09, 15/02/09, 25/04/14. |
| Recall Number | 15255 |
| Remedy Options › 1 › Option | Replace |
| Remedy Options › 2 › Option | Refund |
| Inconjunctions › U R L | http://healthycanadians.gc.ca/recall-alert-rappel-avis/hc-sc/2015/55090r-eng.php |
| Consumer Contact | Chewbeads Inc. toll-free at 888-786-7790 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, email at service@chewbeads.com or online at www.chewbeads.com and click on the Product Recall link at the bottom of the page for more information. |
| Last Publish Date | 2015-09-29T00:00:00 |
| Manufacturer Countries › Country | China |