Six-month-old baby 'chokes on loose plastic' from Tommee Tippee product, mother claims

'I’m very worried that this could happen to a child who might not be as lucky'

Natalie Haake claims she also found pieces of plastic in other meals she had prepared using the blender (Tommee Tippee/YouTube)

Tommee Tippee has launched an investigation after a mother claimed her six-month-old boy nearly chocked to death on a piece of plastic from one of their blenders.

Natalie Haake says she was horrified when her son Jack began to choke on the sweet potato dinner she had made using the Tommee Tippee Baby Food Steamer Blender.

Her partner John Paul managed to dislodge the shard of plastic from the boy's throat.

Ms Haake claims she also found pieces of plastic in other meals she had prepared using the blender.

Natalie Haake says she found the chipped piece of plastic inside Jack's sweet potato dinner (Natalie Haake/Twitter)

She told consumer website A Spokesman Said: ​"I’m very worried that this could happen to a child who might not be as lucky as Jack.

“The machine should be pulled if there’s something wrong with it.

“You would never think to look at a child’s food before feeding them after using a machine you trust to be safe.”

Ms Haake said she had been using the blender for three weeks before her son choked.

Natalie Haake says loose shards of plastic can be seen coming away from inside the blender (Natalie Haake/Twitter)

A spokesman for Tommee Tippee told The Independent: "We’re really sorry that Natalie and her son have had this experience; it must have been incredibly stressful for them. We’ve been speaking with her over the last few days to get more details and are investigating fully.

"We have asked Natalie to return the product to us for examination, and in the meantime we’ve been carrying out extensive testing over the last few days to try and replicate the issue on our own machines.

"So far, our initial testing has only been able to replicate the issue when reassembling the blender incorrectly after cleaning, or by washing the blade unit in the dishwasher. We’re therefore going to review our instructions to see if we can make the section on cleaning and reassembling the blender even clearer.

"We do advise on reassembly and cleaning in the instructions, but it is up to us to make these points clearer still to ensure that Natalie’s experience doesn’t happen to anyone else."

The company asks customers using the product to inspect the bowl and check there are no signs of wear.

Their statement adds: "Child safety is the most important part of everything we do, and all our products are designed and tested to ensure full compliance with all European Standards."