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Munchkin Recalls Latch Lightweight Pacifiers & Clips Due to Choking Hazard
This recall involves Munchkin's Latch lightweight pacifiers and clips sold as a set. The pacifiers were sold in five styles: designer, rattle and heartbeat clips with 0m+ natural shape pacifiers, and designer and rattle clips with 6m+ orthodontic pacifiers. The designer pacifiers and clips 0m+ and 6m+ are in three color patterns: blue and white strips, orange and with white polka dots and pink with white polka dots. The rattle pacifiers and clips 0m+ and 6m+ are green with beads in the pacifier cover to make a rattle sound and have a polka dot strap. The heartbeat pacifiers and clips have a red, heart-shaped pacifier cover and red and white polka dots on the strap.
| Recall date | May 5, 2016 |
|---|---|
| Recall number | 16156 |
| Units | About 180,000 |
| Hazard | The clip cover can detach from the pacifier's clip, posing a choking hazard for young children. |
| Remedy | Consumers should immediately take the clip away from young children and contact Munchkin for a free replacement Lightweight Pacifier pack with two pacifiers or a full refund. |
| Remedy type | Replace, Refund |
| Injuries | The firm has received 10 reports (5 in the U.S. and 5 in Canada) of the clip cover detaching from the pacifier clip. No injuries have been reported. |
| Sold at | Babies R Us, Target, Wal-Mart and other mass merchandisers, juvenile product, baby boutique and discount stores nationwide and online at amazon.com, munchkin.com and other website from March 2014 through March 2016 for between $11 and $15. |
| Importer | Munchkin Inc., of Van Nuys, Calif. |
| Made in | China |
| Contact | Munchkin toll-free at 877-242-3134 from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. PT Monday through Friday or online at www.munchkin.com, click on Help at the bottom of the page and then Recalls for more information. |
Photos from CPSC
Copied from CPSC's recall record 6720, last published by CPSC May 5, 2016, read November 6, 2026. If anything here differs from CPSC's notice, CPSC's notice is right.