Bobens Trading Co. Girl’s Sweatshirt Recall
Name of Product: Girl’s Hooded Sweatshirts with Drawstrings
Importer: Bobens Trading Co. Inc., of Hicksville, N.Y.
Hazard: The hooded zip sweatshirts have a drawstring through the hood which can pose a strangulation hazard to children. In February 1996 CPSC, issued guidelines (pdf) to help prevent children from strangling or getting entangled in the neck and waist drawstrings in upper garments such as sweatshirts and jackets.
Incidents/Injuries: None reported.
Weeplay Kids Sweatshirts Recall
Name of Product: Hooded Sweatshirts with Drawstrings
Distributor: Weeplay Kids LLC, of New York, N.Y.
Hazard: The sweatshirts have drawstrings through the hood which poses a strangulation hazard to children. In February 1996, CPSC issued guidelines (pdf) (which were incorporated into an industry voluntary standard in 1997) to help prevent children from strangling or getting entangled in the neck and waist drawstrings in upper garments, such as jackets or sweatshirts.
Incidents/Injuries: None reported.
Franshaw Hooded Jackets Recall
Name of Product: Children’s Hooded Jackets
Units: About 2,400
Importer: Franshaw Inc., of New York, N.Y.
Hazard: The jackets have drawstrings through the hood which can pose a strangulation hazard to young children. In February 1996 CPSC, issued guidelines (pdf) to help prevent children from strangling or getting entangled in the neck and waist drawstrings in upper garments, such as jackets or sweatshirts.
Incidents/Injuries: None reported.
Baycreek Hooded Sweatshirts Recall
Name of Product: Hooded Sweatshirts
Distributor: Baycreek Inc., of New York, N.Y.
Hazard: The sweatshirts have a drawstring through the hood which can pose a strangulation hazard to children. In February 1996 CPSC, issued guidelines (pdf) (which were incorporated in to an industry voluntary standard in 1997) to help prevent children from strangling or getting entangled in the neck and waist drawstrings in upper garments, such as jackets or sweatshirts.
Incidents/Injuries: None reported.
Hidden Hollow Beads Bracelets & Clips Recall
Name of Product: Allreds Design Baby Bracelets and Pacifier Clips
Manufacturer: Allreds Design (doing business as Hidden Hollow Beads), of Fort Duchesne, Utah
Hazard: The recalled bracelets and pacifier clip clasps contain high levels of lead. Lead is toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health effects.
Incidents/Injuries: Allreds Design received one report of a 10-month-old child who was treated by a physician for elevated lead levels.
Britax Umbrella Stroller Recall
Name of Product: Britax “Blink” Umbrella Strollers
Importer: Britax Child Safety, Inc., of Charlotte, N.C.
Hazard: The stroller’s hinge mechanism poses a fingertip amputation and laceration hazard to the child when the consumer is unfolding/opening the stroller.
Incidents/Injuries: None reported.
Tiny Love Recalls Wind Chime Toys
Name of Product: Wind Chime Toys
Units: About 600,000 in the United States and 200,000 in Canada
Distributor: Tiny Love Inc., of New York, N.Y. and the Maya Group Inc., of Huntington Beach, Calif.
Hazard: The wind chime toy can be pulled apart exposing sharp metal rods, posing puncture and laceration hazards to the baby.
Incidents/Injuries: The firm has received five reports of babies pulling apart the wind chimes exposing the sharp metal rods, including a report of a minor injury to a 24-month-old baby who punctured his cheek with the rods.
Manhattan Group Pull Toys Recall
Name of Product: Pull-A-Long Friends Toucan™, Pull-A-Long Friends Alligator™, and Pull-A-Long Friends Sharky™
Manufacturer: Manhattan Group LLC, of Minneapolis, Minn.
Hazard: The toy has wooden components that can break or come loose, posing a choking/aspiration hazard to young children.
Incidents/Injuries: None reported.
Description: This recall involves three types of pull-toys: Pull-A-Long Friends Toucan™ with lot code 210720GB, Pull-A-Long Friends Alligator™ with lot code 210750GB, and Pull-A-Long Friends Sharky™ with lot code 210530GB. The Toucan has a large yellow and black beak and blue striped wings. The alligator is green and has a red ridge on its back and red wheels with yellow polka dots. The shark has blue swirls painted on its wheels and an orange wooden fish on the pull string. The lot code is printed on the bottom of the toy.
Sold at: Gift and specialty stores nationwide, online and through catalogs from September 2009 through January 2010 for about $22.
Manufactured in: Thailand
Remedy: Consumers should take the toys away from young children immediately and return them to the store where purchased for a refund or a replacement toy.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Manhattan Group at (800) 541-1345 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. CT Monday through Friday or visit the firm’s Web site at www.manhattantoy.com
Note: Health Canada’s press release is available at http://cpsr-rspc.hc-sc.gc.ca/PR-RP/recall-retrait-eng.jsp?re_id=973
Pull-A-Long Friends Toucan™
Pull-A-Long Friends Alligator™
Pull-A-Long Friends Sharky™
Generation 2 Drop Side Crib Recall
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is announcing the recall of all Generation 2 Worldwide and “ChildESIGNS” drop side cribs. CPSC is warning parents and caregivers who own these drop side cribs that infants and toddlers are at risk of serious injury or death due to strangulation and suffocation hazards presented by the cribs. CPSC staff urges parents and caregivers to stop using these cribs immediately and find an alternative, safe sleeping environment for their baby. Do not attempt to fix these cribs.
Innovage Discovery Kids Lamp Recall
Name of Product: Discovery Kids™ Animated Marine and Safari Lamps
Importer: Innovage LLC, of Foothill Ranch, Calif.
Hazard: A defect in the lamp’s printed circuit board can cause an electrical short, posing a fire and burn hazard to consumers.
Incidents/Injuries: Innovage has received nine reports of incidents, including seven reports of lamps catching fire, one involving smoke inhalation injury to a child and three involving minor property damage.
