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CPSC, Atico International USA Inc. Announce Recall of Pacifiers Sold at Bath & Body Works

Kids’ product recall 99-002. Announced by CPSC on Oct 1, 1998.

CPSC’s own notice, on cpsc.gov

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The short answer

Announced by CPSC on Oct 1, 1998. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.

Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.

What’s wrong with it?

The nipples on these pacifiers could separate from the base, posing a choking hazard to children.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

What should you do?

The firm is out of business, the remedy is no longer available, and the product should be discarded or destroyed.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

  • How to reach the firm: The firm is out of business. Consumers should call the CPSC hotline at 800-638-2772 (TTY 301-595-7054).

Which ones are recalled?

The pacifiers, sold both as part of a diaper bag gift set and individually as a pacifier with clip, have an off-white plastic, oblong shield with a ring handle. The diaper bag gift set included a pacifier, a baby bottle and changing pad. Writing on the side of the diaper bag read, “Doody Bag.” The pacifier with clip has a circular moss-green plastic clip which is designed to attach to a child’s clothing. The clip has a mauve-colored ribbon designed to attach to the pacifier. The words, “Plug me in & enjoy the silence” are written on the clip.

Approximately 13,000 units, as CPSC gives them.

Pacifiers.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

CPSC’s photos

CPSC shows 2 photos on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.

Who made and sold it?

  • Made by Atico International USA Inc., Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
  • Bath & Body Works stores nationwide sold the pacifiers in the gift set and the pacifier with clip, between June 1998 and September 1998. The diaper bag gift set sold for about $28 and the pacifier with clip sold for about $4.
Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Was anyone hurt?

CPSC and Atico are not aware of any injuries involving these pacifiers. This recall is being conducted to prevent the possibility of injuries.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

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.
Source:

Hearth Record wrote these lines.

Sources

  • 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.

Source:

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.

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