Baby Needs, Inc. Recalls Pacifier Holder Because Of Potential Laceration Hazard
Kids’ product recall 90-046. Announced by CPSC on Mar 13, 1990.
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Announced by CPSC on Mar 13, 1990. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
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What’s wrong with it?
Laceration
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What should you do?
The notice gives no remedy in a field of its own.
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Which ones are recalled?
CONTACT: March 13, 1990 (301) 504-7908 Release # 90-046 Baby Needs, Inc. Recalls Pacifier Holder Because Of Potential Laceration Hazard WASHINGTON, DC -- In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Baby Needs, Inc., Burlington, North Carolina is voluntarily recalling approximately 25,000 pacifier holders because the safety pin for attaching the holder to the child’s garment could open and injure the child. The pacifier holder being recalled is a two-inch brown plastic teddy bear figure having two ribbons with snaps at each end for attaching a pacifier. On the back of the holder is a safety pin. The package in which the pacifier holder is marketed is labeled in part: “Grow Time, Holder For: Pacifier-Teether Rattle, Interchangeable Ribbon, Item #GT1026, ...Taiwan...”. The pacifier holders were sold nationwide during 1989 for about $1.99 each. Neither the CPSC nor Baby Needs, Inc. is aware of any injuries involving this pacifier holder. Consumers having these pacifier holders should immediately take them away from children and return them to the store where purchased for a refund. Consumers may also return their pacifier holders to Cutoy Cooperative Association, P.O. Box 2197, Burlington, NC 27216. Consumers who have any questions about this recall may contact Baby Needs, Inc., at (919) 227-6202
Grow Time pacifier holders.
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Who made and sold it?
- Made by Grow Time.
- Made by Baby Needs.
- Made in Taiwan, as the notice gives it.
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Was anyone hurt?
The notice doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
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What the record doesn’t say
- The notice lists no UPCs, so check the model, the description and the photos.
- The notice lists no model numbers in a field of their own; its description may give them.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
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Sources
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recalls API.
Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
Recalls of kids’ and home products are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record. Copied on Oct 19, 2026.