Health Canada Warns Against Using Infant Self-Feeding Devices Due to Choking Risk
Health Canada has issued an urgent advisory warning parents and caregivers to immediately stop using infant self-feeding devices previously sold on Amazon, citing serious choking and suffocation hazards. The May 11 advisory was published because the foreign companies selling the items online have been unresponsive to requests for a voluntary recall, the health agency said.
Health Canada Warns Against Using Infant Self-Feeding Devices Due to Choking Risk Health Canada has issued an urgent advisory for parents and caregivers to immediately discontinue the use of infant self-feeding devices sold on Amazon due to serious choking and suffocation hazards. The devices have been removed from Amazon’s Canadian site, with 545 units sold prior to delisting. Although no incidents have been reported, these devices are banned in Canada.
- Health Canada issued an urgent advisory against infant self-feeding devices sold on Amazon.
- The devices pose serious choking and suffocation hazards.
- Foreign companies selling the items have been unresponsive to recall requests.
- The products have been removed from Amazon’s Canadian website.
- 545 units were sold in Canada before being delisted.
- No incidents or injuries have been reported to Health Canada.
- Infant self-feeding devices are banned in Canada.
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