Pacifier soother clips recalled after buttons detached exposing a sharp screw
About 1,330 Primark Little Bear 2-pack soother clips are being recalled because the wooden button can come off exposing a sharp screw, posing choking and laceration hazards.
What this means for you
Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 4/5 (Severe).
The hazard poses a serious risk of illness, injury, or structural failure. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.
Our severity reasoning: Scored 4 under the injury-reports criterion: reported incidents include a screw found inside an infant's mouth and cuts to a child's arm.
Plain-English summary
The Primark 2-pack Soother Clip - Little Bear is being recalled. It is a cloth strap with small bears on it and a wooden button that clips to a child's clothing, designed to hold a pacifier. The product code 991139699 is printed on the price tag on the back of the packaging.
The wooden button on the soother clips can come off, exposing a sharp screw, which poses choking and laceration hazards. The firm has received five reports of the wooden buttons detaching, including one report where the screw was found inside an infant's mouth and a second report of cuts to a child's arm.
About 1,330 units were sold at Primark stores in the northeast and in Florida, Maryland and Illinois from June 2025 through August 2025 for about $5.
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled soother clips and return them to a Primark store for a full refund in the original form of payment.
The recalled product
- Product
- Little Bear 2-pack Soother Clip
- Manufacturer
- Primark US Corp., of Boston, Massachusetts
- Affected units
- 1,330
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
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