A businesswoman who sold homeopathic teething products for babies which posed a choking risk has been ordered to pay more than £1,000 in fines and costs.

Kathryn Overington, from Tadorne Road, Tadworth, was fined £500 and ordered to pay costs of £600 after admitting three breaches of product safety regulations at Guildford Magistrates’ Court

The 29-year-old sold amber bracelets with individual beads that could have come caught in a child’s throat through her online business, It’s Handmade in Send.

The beads were also easily detachable from the string and were too brittle, splitting apart into smaller sharp pieces when struck against a hard surface, officers from Buckinghamshire and Surrey Trading Standards found.

She also sold wooden teething clips and wooden teething rattles which failed a product safety requirement that items intended for teething should be smooth and avoid awkward shapes. The bracelets’ and rattles’ edges could have injured infants chewing or sucking on the, tests showed.

Following a complaint, trading standards launched an investigation and urged Overington to issue a product recall notice against all three products, which was made in January.

Overington was fined £200 for the safety breach relating to amber teething bracelets, and £150 for each of the offences relating to the wooden teethers – a total of £500.

She was also ordered to pay £600 in prosecution costs and a victim surcharge of £30.

Denise Turner-Stewart, Surrey County Council’s Cabinet Member for Communities, said: “These products were sold as teethers for young children but could have been very dangerous and I’m pleased this retailer has been brought to justice for plying a trade in them.

“We would urge parents to be on their guard against similar teething products and to contact trading standards if they have any concerns about items they have seen on sale or already bought.”

Anyone with concerns about the safety of a product should contact the Citizens Advice consumer helpline on 03454 04 05 06.