Top Goods Trading Recalls Flashing Pacifiers Due to Choking and Strangulation Hazard

Top Goods Trading Recalls Flashing Pacifiers Due to Choking and Strangulation Hazard NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 13, 2009 Release #09-089 Firm's Recall Hotline: (213) 680-0388 (Collect) CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772 CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908 Top Goods Trading Recalls Flashing Pacifiers Due to Choking and Strangulation Hazard WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Name of Product: Flashing Pacifiers Units: About 38,000 Importer: Top Goods Trading, of Temple City, Calif. Hazard: The flashing pacifiers do not comply with federal safety standards for pacifiers. Although the pacifiers are marketed to older children and adults, they could be given to babies and cause serious injury or death. The pieces of the pacifier can separate, posing a choking hazard. The necklaces pose a strangulation hazard. Incidents/Injuries: None reported. Description: The recalled flashing pacifier has a yellow heart-shaped mouth guard and handle. There is a 15-inch cord attached to the handle. LED lights are activated by pushing the heart-shaped handle into the base of the pacifier. Sold at: Retail stores in the Los Angeles area from November 2007 through November 2008 for about 50 cents. Manufactured in: China Remedy: Consumers should immediately take the recalled pacifier away from children and contact Top Goods Trading for a refund or exchange. Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Top Goods Trading collect at (213) 680-0388 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. PT Monday through Friday.