Homemade Dummy clips and teething rings really scare me. PTWM had posted a company today that sell cheap crappy dummy clips made from small beads and silicone from China. They are legally supposed to put their products through rigorous safety testing to gain the CE label, but of course they don’t. They simply put a notice on their website saying ‘do not let children use unsupervised’
Babies have died using these nasty dummy clips,there are plenty of safe ones on the market why buy ( sorry accept a free one) a homemade hazardous cheap one?
Here are a councils guidelines around Dummy clips....
Officers have recently become aware of an increase in the number of people who are using social media sites to sell the items online.
The devices are commonly made from ribbon and small decorative beads and are designed to attach a dummy – soother – to a baby’s clothing.
Concerns have been raised about the safety of these products as they may not have passed the required tests. Possible safety issues include no ventilation holes, small beads which could cause choking, the use of toxic adhesives and failure to meet impact resistance tests.
Due to the fact that these products are often homemade and sold via the internet and craft stalls, the sellers are not always aware of the standards they need to meet in order to ensure the goods they sell are safe.
Other items currently on sale which may also be potentially hazardous are “bling” dummies and babies’ feeding bottles which have been customised with hand-glued gems or beads.
Council Trading Standards officers are working to identify sellers of these items in order to check they meet the essential safety standards and advise them of the potential dangers.
Councillor Steven Bashforth, Deputy Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods and Devolved Services, said: “We would advise anyone who has bought any of these products to check with their supplier that the items meet the required safety standards before using them around children.
“The safety of children is a priority for us. Whilst we’ve not received any reports of children in the Borough being injured by one of these products we believe they could potentially be harmful.
“Anyone who is found to be selling goods that do not meet safety standards could face the prospect of legal action being taken against them.”