A mother who said a dummy almost choked her baby son to death has been told they are returning to the shelves.

Superdrug withdrew its own-brand baby soothers following the complaint from Caroline Hustwick of Mount Street, Eccleshill, Bradford.

She said her five-month-old son Josef Musgrove almost suffocated when the dummy turned around his mouth so that only the soft rubber teat was visible.

She said she was alerted to the drama by her daughter Ellie, after he turned bright red and stopped breathing.

Superdrug confirmed it had taken all of their own-brand dummy off shelves across the country while independent safety testing was carried out.

And yesterday the firm revealed tests had shown the dummy was not faulty and they are now to go back on sale.

Miss Hustwick, 27, said: "They sent me a £20 gift voucher which frankly I feel is insulting."

She said she was unconvinced that the dummy was safe and said she now felt "very concerned" about giving Josef any kind of dummy.

"The report said that he couldn't have choked because there were holes in the dummy but I was there and he could not breathe," said Miss Hustwick.

A spokesman for Superdrug said: "We have found the product did not have a fault and we are happy that it is safe."

She said the product was set to return to the shelves and added: "All Superdrug Baby Soothers conform to British Safety Standards and features holes in the soother shield to prevent suffocation should the product become lodged in the a child's mouth."

After the incident the dummy was sent the soother to an independent testing house. "We have written to Miss Hustwick with ur findings and whilst we appreciate that this must have been a very distressing incident for her and her son, we hope she is happy with our course of action."

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