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Date Recall |
January 25, 2006 |
Product: |
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Use: |
These liquid-filled teethers for teething relief can be used cool or cold for infants three months and older. The teethers were sold nationwide at major retail, grocery, drug and specialty stores from July 2005 to January 2006 for $2.99 to $3.99. |
Recalling Firm: |
RC2 Brands Inc., The First Years |
Reason for Recall: |
The recalled liquid-filled infants’ teething rings are contaminated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Pseudomonas putida, bacteria which can cause serious illness in children if the teether is punctured and the liquid from the teether is ingested. |
Public Contact: |
James J. Pesaturo |
FDA District: |
New England |
FDA Comments: |
Class I recalls are the most serious type of recall and involve situations
in which there is a reasonable probability that use of the product will
cause serious injury or death. |
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For additional information, including pictures of the recalled products, consumers can visit www.thefirstyears.com or they may call The First Years Parent Service Center at 1-866-725-4407. The company’s press release announcing this recall may be viewed on the FDA Web site at http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/firstyears01_06.html. FDA’s press release on the recall can be found at http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/news/2006/NEW01313.html. |
Updated February 9, 2006
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