Gerber Products Company announces recall and discontinuation of all batches of Gerber® Soothe N Chew® Teething Sticks due to choking hazard
Gerber Products Company is initiating a recall and discontinuation of all batches of Gerber® Soothe N Chew® Teething Sticks, due to a potential choking hazard for babies and young children, according to a Department of Defense All Food and Drug Activity message sent Feb. 2.
The Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) has publicized this recall to all its stores, according to Richard Stith, supervisory consumer safety officer for DeCA Headquarters and Support Center at Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia. Whenever a commissary has recalled or withdrawn products in its inventory, they are immediately removed from store shelves.
The product was distributed nationwide via the internet and to distribution centers and retail stores in Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin and Puerto Rico.
The following products are affected by this recall:
- Gerber® Soothe N Chew® Teething Sticks – strawberry apple, single vials on-the-go, 3.2 ounces: UPC code 015000046187, all lot codes
- Gerber® Soothe N Chew® Teething Sticks – banana, 3.2 ounces: UPC code 015000046088, all lot codes
- Gerber® Soothe N Chew® Teething Sticks – banana, 1.59 ounces: UPC code 015000010157, all lot codes
Consumers who may have purchased Gerber® Soothe N Chew® Teething Sticks should not feed this product to their child and can return the product to the retailer where it was purchased for a refund. Anyone concerned about an injury or illness should contact a health care provider. For any additional support needed, Gerber is available twenty-four hours and seven days a week at 1-800-4-GERBER (1-800-443-7237).