Baby Recall Check › Pacifiers and teethers
CPSC, Whitehall-Robins Healthcare Announce Recall of Teething Rings
These teethers were sold with .25 oz. tubes of Baby Anbesol® Grape Gel, an oral anesthetic. The teethers are yellow and shaped like rabbits. They are about 3 inches long and 2.25 inches high. Two holes are molded into the teething ring for infants to grasp. The packaging reads, "THE BABY'S TEETHING KIT," and "FAST TEETHING PAIN RELIEF." Only the teething rings, and not the Baby Anbesol® Grape Gel, are being recalled.
| Recall date | June 29, 2000 |
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| Recall number | 00135 |
| Units | About 475,000 |
| Hazard | When bent, these teething rings can fit into an infant's mouth and trigger a gagging reflex. This poses a risk of vomiting, which could result in choking and aspiration. |
| Remedy | Consumers should take these teething rings away from infants immediately. Contact Whitehall-Robins Healthcare for information on returning the teething ring in order to receive a free Anbesol® product. |
| Injuries | Whitehall-Robins Healthcare has received two reports from consumers of children gagging on the teething rings, including one report of a child starting to choke. |
| Sold at | Mass merchandise, drug and grocery stores nationwide sold Baby Anbesol with these teethers, from May 1999 through June 2000, for about $6. |
| Manufacturer | Whitehall-Robins Healthcare, of Madison, N.J. |
| Contact | Consumers can call Whitehall-Robins Healthcare at (800) 525-2607 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or go to the firm's website at http://www3.young-america.com/2506-2/Recall.asp |
Photos from CPSC
Copied from CPSC's recall record 1471, last published by CPSC June 29, 2000, read November 6, 2026. If anything here differs from CPSC's notice, CPSC's notice is right.