More Recalls: Fred and Friends Chill Baby Artiste, Panic, and Volume Pacifiers

               

Fred & Friends Recalls Infant Pacifiers Due to Choking Hazard

 

 

 

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Fred & Friends Chill Baby Artiste, Volume and Panic pacifiers
 
Hazard:

The pacifiers fail to meet federal safety standards. The beard on the Artiste and the knob on the Volume pacifiers can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children.



In addition, the ventilation holes on the Volume and Panic pacifier guards are too small.

Remedy:

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Refund

Consumer Contact:



Fred & Friends toll-free at (855) 346-6372 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, email the firm at pacifiersconsumer@fredandfriends.com  or online at www.fredandfriends.com and click on Pacifier Recall for more information.
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Recall Details

In conjunction with

Units

About 183,000 in the United States and 17,000 in Canada

Description

This recall involves three styles of Fred & Friends Chill Baby pacifiers, including the Artiste with a black plastic beard and mustache, Volume with a black volume control knob  and Panic with a red panic button. The pacifier’s name and UPC are printed on the packaging.  The Artiste’s UPC is 728987021282, the Volume style’s UPC is 728987020599 and the Panic style’s UPC is 728987020605. The pacifiers are plastic and silicone rubber and measure about 2 inches wide and 1½ inches tall.

Incidents/Injuries

Fred & Friends has received one report of the knob on the Volume pacifier detaching. No injuries have been reported.  

Remedy

Consumers should immediately take the recalled pacifiers away from young children and return them to Fred & Friends for a $12 refund. Fred & Friends is providing a postage paid envelope for consumers to return the recalled pacifiers.

Sold at

Department stores, gift, drug, toy, baby product, grocery and home decorating stores, and hospital, museum gift shops nationwide and various websites from April 2013 through December 2013 for about $10.

Distributor

Fred & Friends, of Cumberland, R.I., a division of Lifetime Brands, Inc., of Garden City, N.Y.

Manufactured in

China

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