Nuk Orthodontic pacifiers and teething rings
2 reports to CPSC, the latest made Jun 1, 2015. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 2reports to CPSC
- Jun 1, 2015the latest report was made
- Oct 6, 2014the earliest
- 2with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Nuk Orthodontic
- Maker
- NUK USA LLCMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Pacifiers and teething ringsCPSC’s product type: Pacifiers or Teething Rings (code 1525), in Baby: Nursery Equipment & Supplies
Other ways the reports write the brand (1)
“Nuk Orthodontic Pacifiers”
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| June 2015 | 1 |
| October 2014 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- No one hurt 2 CPSC: Incident, No Injury
As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.
The reports, as CPSC published them
Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.
Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.
CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
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No one hurt Made Jun 1, 2015, sent to the company Jun 9, 2015, published by CPSC Jun 23, 2015
The product, in the report: Nuk brand pacifier advertised as new & improved. Pacifiers come in a variety of colors and themed prints for both boys and girls. We experienced the issue with the 6 - 18 months version.
While travelling in the US (I live in Canada) we had to stop and buy pacifiers for my baby. We bought 4 pacifiers from 2 locations (in 2 separate states). All of the pacifiers we bought were the NUK brand. They are all labeled as new & improved. Even though we followed the sterilization process correctly (this is our second child and we have had to sterilize many pacifiers over the years) every single one of the pacifiers developed tears in the rubber and disconnected posing a serious choking hazard. We were VERY lucky that my wife heard my son coughing in the early hours of the morning and found that the ripped pacifier was becoming lodged in his throat. If my wife hadn’t woken up, or my son had sucked the entire rubber piece back before coughing I seriously feel he would have died that night.
We of course threw away all of the pacifiers after this incident and bought new ones in Canada. We once again bought the NUK brand as this is the brand we have always bought and we felt it may be something isolated to the US. Within 1 week, we noticed that the pacifiers were tearing in the same spot, and you can notice a white line towards the bottom of the rubber piece that looks like it is either very weak at this point, or it is no longer manufactured as one piece and very susceptible to tearing.
My wife and I both feel that we are extremely lucky, and if there is not an investigation and recall into this product it WILL result in a child’s death. It is terrifying that they advertise this as “New & Improved” when it is clearly an inferior product that poses a series health risk to babies.
- Model
- Unsure - Multiple
- UPC
- Unsure - Multiple
- Serial number
- Unsure - Multiple
- Bought from
- Walmart
- Bought
- Apr 13, 2015, about then
- Where
- Burlington, Canada: Other
- Who was involved
- Age 1, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- My Child
- As this report names them
- Brand Nuk Orthodontic Pacifiers, made or sold by NUK USA LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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No one hurt Made Oct 6, 2014, sent to the company Oct 27, 2014, published by CPSC Nov 19, 2014
The product, in the report: pacifier “I submitted a photo of the product in a previous email. I reported the serial number and model number to NUK. I don’t have it now.”
(10/05/2014) The consumer stated that she boiled the pacifier for five minutes as instructed. After the pacifier was boiled, the tip of the nipple came off. The pacifier had not been used.
- Bought from
- Target, Missouri
- Bought
- Oct 4, 2014, about then
- Where
- Columbia, Missouri: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Unknown
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Unspecified
- As this report names them
- Brand Nuk Orthodontic, made or sold by NUK USA LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
CPSC’s disclaimer
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.
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