Baby Pacifiers Recalled for Choking

HESPERIA, Calif. (AP) â€” About 16,000 pacifiers are being recalled because they are a choking hazard to infants, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said. <br><br>The ``Pacee'' pacifiers

Wednesday, December 6th 2000, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

HESPERIA, Calif. (AP) â€” About 16,000 pacifiers are being recalled because they are a choking hazard to infants, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said.

The ``Pacee'' pacifiers failed the commission's testing standards. They were produced by Hesperia-based Small Beginnings Inc., which is cooperating in the recall, the federal agency said in a statement Tuesday.

No injuries have been reported to the agency or to the company.

The pacifiers are blue with a butterfly-shaped shield and a semicircular tab handle. They are packaged in a plastic bag that has a picture of a baby sleeping with a teddy bear.

They were sold for about $1 each at hospitals and medical supply distributors nationwide from October 1999 through April.

Consumers can turn in the pacifiers to the company for a refund.

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Eds: Consumers can contact Small Beginnings at 800-676-0462.