Safety & Testing

Are pacifier covers a choking or suffocation hazard?

Comparing our pacifier covers to the CPSC's official small parts and pacifier safety standards.
✓ TOO LARGE TO BE A SMALL PART
CHOKING
ZONE
1.25″
CPSC small parts cylinder diameter
vs
PERFECT PACI
COVER
~2.1″
Perfect Paci pacifier cover diameter
No.
At ~2.1″ in diameter, Perfect Paci covers are 68% larger than the CPSC's 1.25″ small-parts cylinder — they simply cannot fit inside it, in any orientation, which lessens ingestion/choking risk. And since a cover isn't a nipple/suction product like a pacifier, it doesn't carry the same lodge-in-the-throat suffocation risk that pacifiers' ventilation holes exist to guard against.
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SIZE / INGESTION RULE

What counts as a "small part"?

The CPSC defines a choking hazard using a test cylinder that's 1.25″ wide and 2.25″ deep — roughly the size of a young child's fully expanded throat.

  • If an item fits entirely inside the cylinder, it's classified a small part / choking hazard for kids under 3.
  • Defined under 16 CFR 1501.4, the same rule used to test toys, rattles, and other children's products.
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SUFFOCATION SAFEGUARD

Why do pacifiers have holes, but covers don't?

16 CFR 1511 requires actual pacifiers to have 2+ ventilation holes because a pacifier's shield sits close to the small-parts size range for a product made to be sucked on. The holes are a breathing backup in case a pacifier ever becomes lodged in a baby's throat — a suffocation safeguard.

  • The larger size of the pacifier cover (compared to a pacifier alone) lessens the same lodge-and-suffocate risk that the holes on the pacifier exist to guard against. The covers' size also moves them well beyond the CPSC small part standard.
Sources: U.S. CPSC, 16 CFR Part 1501.4 (Small Parts) — govinfo.gov & 16 CFR Part 1511.3 (Pacifiers) — law.cornell.edu
Independently accredited lab safety testing (AM Testing & Services, ISO/IEC 17025) — see the standards tested and passed below.
THIRD-PARTY LAB TESTED

Standards Our Product Was Tested Against & Passed

Report No. R261243  •  Product Tested: Pacifier Covers  •  Customer: Perfect Paci LLC
Tested Age Grading: All Ages (0 Months+)
Performed by AM Testing & Services Inc., an A2LA-accredited laboratory (Cert. No. 3180.01, ISO/IEC 17025:2017)

Previous testing was also completed under Report No. R250759 Rev.2. Current safety details above reflect the most recent report.

  • 16 CFR 1500 — Use & Abuse TestingPass
  • 16 CFR 1501 — Small Parts TestingPass
  • 16 CFR 1500.44 — FlammabilityPass
  • CPSA Section 14(a)(5) / CPSIA Section 103 — Tracking LabelPass
  • 19 CFR 134 — Country of OriginPass
  • CPSIA Section 101; 15 USC 1278a — Total Lead in SubstratesPass
  • CPSIA Section 108; 16 CFR 1307 — PhthalatesPass
  • Washington / Maine — PhthalatePass
  • California Prop. 65 — PhthalatesComplies
  • California Prop. 65 — Lead & CadmiumComplies
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