Nuk pacifiers and teething rings
14 reports to CPSC, the latest made Sep 29, 2024. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 14reports to CPSC
- Sep 29, 2024the latest report was made
- Jun 29, 2012the earliest
- 12with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Nuk
- 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
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| September 2024 | 1 |
| July 2024 | 2 |
| February 2024 | 1 |
| August 2021 | 1 |
| October 2020 | 1 |
| December 2019 | 1 |
| September 2019 | 1 |
| May 2019 | 1 |
| January 2017 | 1 |
| November 2016 | 1 |
| December 2013 | 1 |
| September 2012 | 1 |
| June 2012 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- Emergency room 1 CPSC: Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received
- Seen by a doctor or nurse 1 CPSC: Injury, Seen by Medical Professional
- First aid 1 CPSC: Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional
- Hurt, no treatment 1 CPSC: Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received
- Hurt, care not known 1 CPSC: Injury, Level of care not known
- No one hurt 8 CPSC: Incident, No Injury
- No incident, no one hurt 1 CPSC: No 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 Sep 29, 2024, sent to the company Oct 2, 2024, published by CPSC Oct 24, 2024
The product, in the report: Light green Nuk pacifier with bumble bees on it
A Nuk pacifier got stuck in my 6 month olds mouth while she was in her crib
- Where
- Danville, Indiana: Unspecified
- Who was involved
- Age 0, Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- My Child
- As this report names them
- Brand Nuk, made or sold by NUK USA LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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Seen by a doctor or nurse Made Jul 21, 2024, sent to the company Jul 23, 2024, published by CPSC Aug 13, 2024
The product, in the report: Red Nuk pacifier
My 22-month toddler managed to stick two fingers into the loop of the Nuk pacifier, causing her to lose circulation and resulting in swelling, redness, blisters and infection requiring a course of antibiotics and monitoring by a physician.
- Model
- N/
a - UPC
- N/
a - Serial number
- N/
a - Bought from
- CVS
- Bought
- Jan 19, 2023, about then
- Where
- Davis, California: Unspecified
- Who was involved
- Age 2, Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- My Child
- As this report names them
- Brand Nuk, made or sold by NUK USA LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, Seen by Medical Professional
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Emergency room Made Jul 12, 2024, sent to the company Jul 16, 2024, published by CPSC Jul 31, 2024
The product, in the report: NUK Comfy 100% Silicone Pacifier. Model # 2156581. This pacifier has a hole in the front on the bottom where my son was able to put his finger but couldn’t get out.
My son (less than 2 years old) fell asleep with the NUK Comfy Silicone Pacifier. During the night, his finger became lodged in the front hole of the pacifier. We monitor his room with a camera, but he didn’t make any noise or movement to indicate he needed help so unfortunately, I only discovered the issue in the morning when I found his finger completely black and blue, still stuck in the pacifier, clearly suffering from restricted circulation for several hours. After a visit to the emergency room, we’re thankful there was no permanent damage, but this could have ended much worse. I’ve already reached out to NUK to report the incident and urged them to recall this particular pacifier until they can redesign it to prevent such incidents from happening again.
- Model
- Model # 2156581
- Where
- North Bend, Washington: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 1, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- My Child
- As this report names them
- Brand NUK, made or sold by NUK USA LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received
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No incident, no one hurt Made Feb 29, 2024, sent to the company Mar 4, 2024, published by CPSC Mar 25, 2024
The product, in the report: Green silicone pacifier
My two month old was using a Nuk silicone pacifier. I happened to be holding it and pushed on the side, and realized the pacifier was torn. It was barely obvious to the naked eye unless manipulated. The pacifier has been sitting in a pacifier holder, unused and has not been subject to any kind of force or anything to cause it to break. Had it torn all the way, he would have choked.
- Where
- Los Angeles, California: Other
- Who was involved
- Age 0, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- My Child
- As this report names them
- Brand Nuk, made or sold by NUK USA LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- No Incident, No Injury
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No one hurt Made Aug 19, 2021, sent to the company Aug 24, 2021, published by CPSC Sep 8, 2021
The product, in the report: Nuk pacifier, size 6-18 months, blue shield with clear nipple and glow in the dark handle. Model 69739
While on my morning commute with my 7 month old son, I suddenly heard him screaming in pain and fear from his carseat in the back of the car. After pulling over on the side of the road I discovered he had shoved his Nuk pacifier backward into his mouth and lodged the handle vertically in his mouth holding it open but he couldn’t spit it out. Thankfully the shield kept it from going in any further so he couldn’t swallow it but if he was just a little bigger he could have choked and not been able to cry out for me to save him. He was scared and has some bruising on the roof of his mouth but he very easily could have gotten cut or died had the circumstances been different.
- Model
- 69739
- UPC
- 885131141590
- Bought from
- Walmart
- Bought
- Jun 5, 2021, about then
- Where
- Stevens Point, Wisconsin: Street or Highway
- Who was involved
- Age 0, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- My Child
- As this report names them
- Brand Nuk, made or sold by NUK USA LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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Hurt, care not known Made Oct 26, 2020, sent to the company Dec 3, 2020, published by CPSC Dec 17, 2020
The product, in the report: Nuk orthodontic pacifier 0-6m, white/clear, came in the Nuk Newborn Gift Set of Simply Natural bottles.
My 5 month old daughter was using the Nuk newborn orthodontic pacifier with handle (0-6m) that comes in the Nuk Newborn Simply Natural bottle gift set. She put the pacifier in backwards and the handle became stuck in her mouth. It was really stuck in there, but I was eventually able to remove it by twisting it. It obviously hurt and scared her and she cried for a while after its removal. The handle was lodged upright, prevented her from closing her mouth and scraped against the roof of her mouth.
- UPC
- 885131696199
- Serial number
- 327187
- Bought from
- Target.com
- Bought
- Apr 12, 2020
- Where
- Portland, Michigan: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 0, Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- My Child
- As this report names them
- Brand Nuk, made or sold by NUK USA LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, Level of care not known
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No one hurt Made Dec 14, 2019, sent to the company Jan 14, 2020, published by CPSC Jan 29, 2020
The product, in the report: NUK Orthodontic Pacifier, 6-18m
Over the past two weeks, we have had at least 5 NUK pacifiers tear right along the NUK name that is written on the pacifiers. Our most recent event was when the tip of the pacifier completely tore off and our daughter had it in her mouth. Thankfully, she did not choke on the piece because we caught it in time. We replace our pacifiers every few months and own at least 20 pacifiers at any given time for the crib, day care, car seats and for use around the home.
- Where
- East Meadow, Unspecified: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 1, Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- My Child
- As this report names them
- Brand NUK, made or sold by NUK USA LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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Hurt, no treatment Made Sep 3, 2019, sent to the company Sep 11, 2019, published by CPSC Oct 2, 2019
The product, in the report: NUK orthodontic pacifier 0-6 months
My daughter is 5 months and was trying to put her binky in her mouth, she got the hard plastic part in her mouth and it got stuck. I tried to turn it and it was completely jammed and her jaw locked. When I finally got it out it cut her gums up. The brand is NUK and it has hard plastic on the outside with a silicone nipple.
- Bought from
- Walmart, Washington
- Bought
- Jan 1, 2019, about then
- Where
- Lakewood, Washington: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 0, Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- My Child
- As this report names them
- Brand NUK, made or sold by NUK USA LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received
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First aid Made May 5, 2019, sent to the company May 13, 2019, published by CPSC May 28, 2019
The product, in the report: Small pacifier
Yesterday my baby was playing with a new pacifier it is a nuk pacifier so I turn my head for less than a second when I turn back around the baby had the part of The Pacifier that you can grab onto that has a slight handle part on it and has mouth and it was wedged longways oblong into his mouth upon pulling it out and cut his gum open and he bled all over his bib it wasn’t like heavy blood or anything I was like light blood mixed with spit but I do have pictures I think that should be raised as a sure risk for other babies and this report should be looked into this pacifiers extremely small so considering how small it is maybe that should be considered when people are making pacifiers I would have never known this honestly and I feel really bad I even gave it to him he had a sore on his mouth and it hurt him to suck on a bottle or anything yesterday thank God today he’s doing better
- Model
- Nuk orthodopedic
- Bought from
- Walmart, Florida
- Bought
- May 1, 2019
- Where
- Tampa, Florida: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 0, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- My Child
- As this report names them
- Brand Nuk, made or sold by NUK USA LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional
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No one hurt Made Jan 26, 2017, sent to the company Feb 10, 2017, published by CPSC Mar 6, 2017
The product, in the report: Nuk orthodontic button pacifier, night glow, 6-18 mo.
My 17 mo. old son was using a Nuk orthodonic button pacifier (a pacifier that is made without the puller loop) for ages 6-18 mo. He leaned his head back onto the couch, and it lodged into his mouth. My husband had to pull out the pacifier and my son threw up.
- Bought from
- Meijer
- Bought
- Jun 1, 2016, about then
- Where
- Unspecified: Unspecified
- Who was involved
- Age 1, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- My Child
- As this report names them
- Brand Nuk, made or sold by NUK USA LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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No one hurt Made Nov 3, 2016, sent to the company Dec 5, 2016, published by CPSC Dec 27, 2016
The product, in the report: Pacifiers
Purchased from two different retailers but doesn’t remember when.
This caller is reporting that his one year old son has a pacifier and that when he took from his child saw that there was actually only a thin line of rubber between the nipple and the part that keeps the nipple from coming loose and potentially causing the child using the pacifier from choking/suffocating on that portion of the pacifier.
He contacted the manufacturer who told him that his son’s teeth were causing the pacifier to rip apart.
He purchased another pacifier and the same incident occurred in a very short period of time.
He then checked the four other pacifiers that had not been used yet as of that date and saw that there were small pin holes all around the areas between the nipple and the larger part that stops at the mouth to keep the pacifier nipple from detaching into the child’s mouth.
He then contacted the manufacturer again who again stated that the child’s teeth are tearing the pacifier apart.
This caller states that babies get their teeth always when using a pacifier and they shouldn’t be coming apart.
He is reporting this as a choking/suffocation hazard
There are no injuries in this case and he contributes this to his being there before the nipple came apart from the pacifier.
He has contacted the manufacturer on multiple occasions.
He said that there should at the very least be a warning that parents should check the pacifiers daily for any safety hazards.
The caller states that the manufacturer advised him that they were sending someone to pick the pacifiers up but he declined stating that he was saving them for the CPSC Investigation Team.
- Model
- unknown
- Serial number
- unknown
- Bought from
- Walmart or CVS, Massachusetts
- Where
- Palmer, Massachusetts: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Unspecified
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Unspecified
- As this report names them
- Brand NUK, made or sold by NUK USA LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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No one hurt Made Dec 10, 2013, sent to the company Dec 18, 2013, published by CPSC Jan 10, 2014
The product, in the report: NUK pacifier, latex
My 6 month old son was on the floor in our living room when I look over and saw that his pacifier chain had come lose. On second inspection I realized that the NUK pacifier that was attached to the chain had broken into 3 pieces. I couldn’t find the third piece and then realized that my son was still sucking on it. The nipple part was still in his mouth, and I shudder to think what could have happened.
I reached out to NUK directly and they arranged for someone to pick up the pacifier so that they can assess what went wrong.
I’ve been using these pacifiers for years with both of my children, and I was utterly shocked when I saw what happened. This was a new pacifier; we’ve had it for just a month. There is no way my son could (or should be able to) tear apart a fully functioning pacifier just by sucking on it, whether it’s hooked to a pacifier chain or not.
- Where
- Brooklyn, New York: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 0, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- My Child
- As this report names them
- Brand NUK, made or sold by NUK USA LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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No one hurt Made Sep 21, 2012, sent to the company Oct 12, 2012, published by CPSC Nov 2, 2012
The product, in the report: Nuk Design OrthoStar Pacifier
No injuries were sustained, but the Nuk Design OrthoStar pacifier poses a huge choking hazard. TWO of my child’s OrthoStar pacifiers have snapped in half leaving the circular end (the size of a quarter) detached from the pacifier. The first time I thought it was a fluke, after two times we will be getting rid of these pacifiers. Luckily both times we caught it before my infant could grab the piece and put it in his mouth. We have had these pacifiers for about five months. The pacifier is made of hard plastic and when it hits a hard floor (ie ceramic tile, wood) it breaks the connection between the circular piece and the pacifier, allowing the circular piece to dislodge. We have only washed these pacifiers in warm water, no dishwasher. So the plastic shouldn’t have been weakened.
- Model
- Designer OrthoStar
- Bought from
- Target
- Bought
- Apr 1, 2012, about then
- Where
- Shreveport, Louisiana: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 0, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- My Child
- As this report names them
- Brand Nuk, made or sold by NUK USA LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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No one hurt Made Jun 29, 2012, sent to the company Jul 10, 2012, published by CPSC Jul 31, 2012
The product, in the report: 6-18 month size, silicone, advanced orthodontic pacifier, BPA Free, heat shaped shield to prevent irritation.
My 8 month old son was sleeping in his crib with a Nuk OrthoStar Pacifier. He woke up and while I was walking up the stairs I heard him choking. I ran into his room and saw he had the whole pacifier in his mouth and was choking and gaging. He vomited a little bit while I pried it loose. He is fine now.
- Model
- OrthoStar
- UPC
- 85131 62826
- Bought from
- Wal-Mart, Wisconsin
- Bought
- Jun 15, 2012, about then
- Where
- Wisconsin: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 0, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- My Child
- As this report names them
- Brand Nuk, made or sold by NUK USA LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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