Primark is urging customers to immediately return a pair of children’s novelty cat leggings after it emerged they could potentially be deadly.

The popular high street retailer has confirmed a bow attached to the bottoms could come off, possible acting as a choking hazard.

A Primark spokesperson said the retailer takes the safety of customers, and the quality of its products, “very seriously indeed.”

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The spokesperson added: “We can confirm that we are recalling [the item] for health and safety reasons.

“A full refund is being offered to all customers.”

Glasgow Times:
The item in question (Credit: Primark)

It is understood that, even without proof of purchase, customers will still be reimbursed.

The item’s number is 86503 and it was on sale from November 8 last year up to February 22.

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A spokesman for Primark further added: “We have found a potential issue with the security of the bow attachment within the product that may become detached and present a potential choking hazard,” reports The Sun.

This isn’t the first time a Primark item has hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons.

Just last month, the clothing chain was forced to pull a range of ‘The Walking Dead’ t-shirts from its stores following a complaint that they were ‘offensive and racist’.

Carrying the caption ‘Eeny, Meeny Miny, Moe’, a couple complained to store management the rhyme was racist because it was well known that it went on to say ‘catch a n****r by his toe’.