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Childcare articles and children's equipment – Boots “1) Boots Designer Soothers,2) Boots Clear Soothers.”

Serious risk Choking

Published by Safety Gate 4 May 2006In the weekly report of 5 May 2006 (week 17, 2006)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 7 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Brand
Boots (11 alerts)
Brand as notified
"Boots"
Name
1) Boots Designer Soothers,2) Boots Clear Soothers.
Type / model
1) item code 41-09-643, 2) item code 23-68-102
Description
Soothers "Boots"
Risk
These products pose a risk of choking because the soothers might come apart due to the manufacturing failure.A very small number of soothers have been found to come apart posing a choking hazard. Quality Response Report from Jackel China factory states visual checks were carried out on 1750 soothers, which involved test to pull them apart by hand, 2 failed because they had not been welded. A further 500 were tested mechanically with forces in excess of 200N and none failed.Two customer complaints that soothers had fallen apart have been reported.
Measures
  • Voluntary recall from consumers by the producer
Notifying country
United Kingdom
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0248/06
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0248/06
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2006-17 (XML)
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