Newsweek Recalls Special Issue on Children
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Newsweek is recalling a special issue on children from newsstands and doctors’ offices because it recommends that parents let babies as young as 5 months eat foods that can cause choking. “Your Child” suggests in a feeding chart on Page 58 that infants can eat raw carrot chunks and zwieback toast, when in fact they could choke on solid foods. It is the first time Newsweek, which has a circulation of more than 3 million, has recalled an issue. The New York-based magazine, owned by Washington Post Co., did not estimate the cost of recalling several hundred thousand issues that have been distributed to newsstands and to hospitals and doctors’ offices. No choking incidents have been reported as a result of the chart. The recall was prompted by a phone call from a reader who is a pediatrician. The issue will be reprinted with the error deleted and will be redistributed. A note to readers on how to obtain a corrected version will appear in the May 12 issue.
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