If you’ve attended a Weight Watchers meeting the past several months or have been actually watching the commercials on television and not fast forwarding through them (a DVR makes that so easy), you’ve probably heard about or seen “Hungry”  – a cute little orange guy who tries to get people to go off their diet but serves a reminder to not let “Hungry” get the best of us.

I think it’s a genius marketing campaign by Weight Watchers (although I don’t understand why “Hungry” doesn’t have a mouth), so much so that I bought myself a Hungry magnet for my refrigerator door to remind me to ask myself if I was actually hungry or just bored before I opened the door and perused the food choices inside.

But now my cute little magnet along with the larger stuffed figures are being recalled.

On August 20, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, with the cooperation of Weight Watchers International, announced a voluntary and immediate recall of the approximately 445,000 Hungry Figures and Hungry Magnets that been sold in the United States and Canada.

The reason for the recall?  Sewing needles have been found in the stuffing of the Hungry Figures, which poses a puncture hazard to consumers.

People are encouraged to immediately stop using their Hungry Figures and Hungry Magnets and to return them to Weight Watchers where they will receive a full refund or a credit towards the purchase of another product.

For more information read the entire press release from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission by clicking here or click here to read the press release from Health Canada.