An urgent warning has been issued to parents to stop using self-feeding baby products.
The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) issued a product safety alert for baby self-feeding products and has asked local authority trading standards officers to take action to remove them from the market.
The products may not be available to buy in mainstream retailers in the UK, Cheshire West and Chester Council said. However, there are a number of online retailers selling these products that ship to the UK.
READ MORE: Desperate mum living in rat infested house breaks down in tears
The council also said there are listings on online marketplaces and some Instagram-based sellers. Baby self-feeding products are designed to enable babies to bottle feed with little or no assistance from a caregiver holding the bottle and controlling the feed.
However, this creates risk of serious harm, or even death from choking or aspiration pneumonia. The warning follows a previous safety alert regarding self-feeding pillows and prop feeders last month and now applies to all baby self-feeding products.
The Cheshire West and Chester Council’s deputy leader and cabinet member for environment, highways and strategic transport, councillor Karen Shore said: “The most common reason for babies to choke on feed is because the liquid is being dispensed faster than the baby can swallow.
“Babies do not have the ability to control the flow of a bottle feed, or to know when to stop feeding, or to act to raise the alarm if something is going wrong. If you have purchased one of these products, please stop using it immediately and dispose of it safely.”
Local authority trading standards teams said it will take action against businesses that sell baby self-feeding products as they do not comply with the safety requirements set down in the General Product Safety Regulations, 2005.
Receive newsletters with the latest news, sport and what's on updates from the Liverpool ECHO by signing up here
READ NEXT:
Masked men storm Royal Mail depot and steal parcels days before Christmas
Merseyrail could expand to more destinations after new trains tested
'Caring' woman, 32, dies after house fire as fiancé fights for life
CCTV appeal after brazen burglar broke into house and went upstairs in broad daylight
Where the stars of Merseyside sitcom Watching are now - from Hollywood to EastEnders
