Recall: Natura Products Downey Inc. Recall of Pacifiers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 24, 2004 Release # 04-223

Firm's Hotline: ((323) 726-9098 CPSC Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772 CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908

CPSC, Natura Products Downey Inc. Announce Recall of Pacifiers

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announces the following recall in voluntary cooperation with the firm below. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Name of product: Jaloma pacifiers

Units: About 9,400

Importer: Natura Products Downey Inc., of City of Commerce, Calif.

Hazard: The pacifiers are banned under federal law. They failed federal safety tests, come apart, and can pose a choking hazard to infants and small children.

Incidents/Injuries: CPSC has received one report of a pacifier nipple that detached from the pacifier while in the mouth of a seven-month-old. The child was not injured.

Description: The pacifiers, which measure three inches long and about 1½ inches across the base, are pink, blue, green or white plastic with a yellow nipple. The pacifiers have a circular handle and the shield is labeled "Jaloma." The nipples are filled with a sugary substance.

Sold at: Various small Mexican supermarkets and commercial retailers nationwide from March 2004 through August 2004 for between $0.35 and $1.

Manufactured in: Mexico

Remedy: Consumers should immediately take the pacifiers away from young children and return them to the store where purchased for a full refund.

Consumer Contact: Consumers should call Natura Products Downey collect at (323) 726-9098 between 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. PT Monday through Friday.

Company Contact: Eliut Moreno via e-mail at natura90040@yahoo.com