CONSUMER News Nov. 2016 Edition PROTECTION
Dear Wisconsin Children’s Safety Advocates:
In October 2016, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a total of 8 recalls relating to products affecting children. Attached is a summary of the releases identifying the product, the problem, and what should be done with the recalled product.
We have found that not all of the recalls are picked up by the news media as they occur. This monthly summary will give you the opportunity to review all of the children’s product safety recalls for the past month. If you are interested in a complete text of the recall, double click on the hyperlink at the end of the recall description. This will direct you to the recall notice located on the CPSC website.
Hallee Recalls Bed Canopies Due to Entanglement and Strangulation Hazards (17-701) FULLBEAUTY Brands Recalls Children’s Nightgowns Due to Violation of Federal Flammability Standard (17-702) Summer Infant Recalls Infant Bath Tubs Due to Risk of Impact Injury and Drowning (17-707) Mamas & Papas Recalls Armadillo Strollers Due to Fall Hazard (17-010)
Roylco Recalls Educational Light Cubes Due to Fire Hazard WISCONSIN (17-012) DEPARTMENT OF Chimparoo Baby Carriers by L’echarpe Porte-bonheaur AGRICULTURE, Recalled Due to Fall Hazard (17-014) Target Recalls Halloween LED Gel Clings Due to Choking and TRADE AND Button Battery Ingestion Hazards (17-020) CONSUMER Fiddle Diddles Recalls Car Seat Strap Systems Due to PROTECTION Choking Hazard (17-705)
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Release Number: (#17-701) Hallee, Inc., of consumers that purchased the recalled Santa Cruz, C.A., is announcing the voluntary nightgowns. You can contact FULLBEAUTY recall of about 1,000 bed canopies. Brands at 800-313-8803 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 Problem: A child can become entangled in the p.m. ET Monday through Friday, email bed canopy, posing entanglement and [email protected] or online at strangulation hazards. www.fbbrands.com and click on Recall What to do: Consumers should immediately Information for more information. stop using the recalled bed canopies and contact Hallee for a full refund or a replacement bed canopy with new warning labels. The firm is contacting all known purchasers directly. You can contact Hallee at 800-265-5694 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PT Monday through Friday, email at [email protected] or online at www.HalleeInc.com and click on “Product Recall” for more information
https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2017/FULLBEAUT Y-Brands-Recalls-Childrens-Nightgowns
Release Number: (#17-707) Summer Infant,
Inc., of Woonsocket, R.I., announces the https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2017/Hallee- voluntary recall of about 86,000 Lil’ Luxuries Recalls-Bed-Canopies Whirlpool, Bubbling Spa & Shower with fabric slings. The infant bath tub is a battery-operated Release Number: (#17-702) FULLBEAUTY whirlpool bath with motorized jets intended for Brands L.P., of N.Y., announces the recall of use with children from birth to 2 years. The about 31,500 girl’s Dreams & Co.® by product contains a fabric sling on a plastic frame FULLBEAUTY Brands knit cotton jersey onto which the infant is placed for bathing. The “daughter Henley” styled nightgown. The fabric sling on the recalled bath tubs does not nightgowns have picot edge trim and a button have a white plastic attachment clip to hold the placket on the center front of the chest. The headrest area of the fabric sling to the plastic nightgowns were sold in children’s sizes: 6/6X, frame. 7/8 and 10/12 in the following five different Problem: Fabric slings on the recalled infant prints. The style number is printed on the side bath tubs can detach from the tub, posing a risk seam label of the nightgown. of impact injury and drowning. Problem: The nightgowns fail to meet federal What to do: Consumers should immediately flammability standards for children’s sleepwear, stop using the fabric sling in the recalled product posing a risk of burn injuries to children. and contact Summer Infant for a replacement What to do: Consumers should immediately fabric sling with a white plastic attachment clip. take the recalled nightgowns away from children You can contact Summer Infant toll free at 844- and contact the firm for instructions on receiving 612-4254 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday a full refund or a company gift card for 125% of through Thursday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. ET on the purchase price. The firm is contacting Friday, or online at www.summerinfant.com and
2 click on “Safety Alerts & Recalls” at the bottom a white cube measuring 16 inches high by 16 of the page for more information. inches wide by 16 inches deep. The cubes have a light source and a battery located in the base. The cube is primarily used for creative learning involving light in the early childhood classroom. Problem: The light cube’s lithium polymer battery can overheat and catch fire, posing a fire hazard. What to do: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled light cubes and contact Roylco for instructions on returning the light cubes for a free replacement of the light source, https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2017/Summer- which contains the battery. You can contract Infant-Recalls-Infant-Bath-Tubs Roylco at 800-362-8656 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or online at Release Number: (#17-010) Mamas & Papas www.roylcostore.com and click on “Product Ltd, of UK, is announcing the voluntary recall of Recall” for more information. about 3,000 Armadillo Flip and Armadillo Flip XT strollers. All models are folding, single-occupant infant strollers. The strollers come in various colors including black, teal and navy and weigh about 22 pounds. Recalled items can be identified by their lot number, which is the month and year of manufacture. Lot numbers ranges for recalled Armadillo Flip strollers are 00814 through 00416 (August 2014 through April
2016). Problem: A loose latch on the stroller can cause https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2017/Roylco- the seat to tip back unexpectedly when infant is Recalls-Educational-Light-Cubes in the parent-facing position, posing a fall hazard to infants. Release Number: (#17-014) L’echarpe Porte- What to do: Consumers should immediately bonheaur Inc., of Canada, is announcing the stop using the strollers and contact Mamas & voluntary recall of about 130 Chimparoo brand Papas for a free repair. You can contact Mamas Trek baby carriers that allow the user to carry a & Papas at 800-309-6312 anytime or online at baby tummy to tummy, on the hip or on the www.mamasandpapas.com/us and click on back. The 100% twill fabric carriers were sold in Recall Notice for more information. 18 solid, striped and pattern color combinations. The carriers attach to the wearer’s body with adjustable straps made of polypropylene webbing and plastic buckles. “Chimparoo” is printed on the upper right hand corner of the carrier. “Trek” is embroidered on the belt. Problem: The carriers’ side strap can loosen unexpectedly from the buckle, posing a fall hazard to the child in the carrier. What to do: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled baby carriers and contact https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2016/Infant- Chimparoo for a free replacement buckle for the Carriers-Recalled baby carrier’s side buckle. You can contact Chimparoo toll-free at 855-289-5343 from 9 a.m. Release Number: (#17-012) Roylco, Inc., of to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, email at Anderson, S.C., is announcing the voluntary [email protected] or online at recall of about 1,400 Roylco Educational Light www.Chimparoo.ca/en/recall and click on Cubes with model number R59601. The model “Product Recall” at the bottom of the page. number is located on the user guide included with the light cube. The educational light cube is
3 adjustable car seat strap system with model number LB1001. The strap system includes two fabric straps, carabiner hardware, a mesh car seat cover and a tote bag. The carabiners are used to hang a car seat from a shopping cart. The model number is printed on the gray straps. “Fiddle Diddles” is printed on a fabric label attached to the mesh car seat cover, tote bag and fabric straps. Problem: The carabiners attached to the strap system contain small internal parts that can become dislodged, posing a choking hazard to https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2017/Chimparoo- young children. Baby-Carriers-by-Lecharpe-Porte-bonheaur- What to do: Consumers should immediately Recalled stop using the LullaBelay strap system and contact Fiddle Diddles for a free repair kit with Release Number: (#17-020) Target Corp., of three new carabiners. The firm is contacting all Minneapolis, M.N., is announcing the voluntary known purchasers directly. You can contact recall of about 127,000 Halloween-themed LED Fiddle Diddles toll-free at 888-741-2957 from 9 gel clings that come with two non-replaceable a.m. to 5 p.m. CT Monday through Friday, email button cell batteries. The gel clings are for at [email protected] or online at window use only and light up with a blinking light www.fiddlediddles.com and click on “Product when you push on them. The six different gel Recall” at the bottom of the page for more cling designs are a green skeleton, pink information. skeleton, purple spider, black cat, orange pumpkin, and black bat. Model number 234-25- 0904 is printed on the gel cling’s packaging. Problem: The gel clings can separate and expose the inner decal and LED/button battery compartment, posing choking and button battery ingestion hazards to children. What to do: Consumers should immediately remove the recalled gel clings from areas with children and return them to any Target store for a full refund. You can contact Target at 800-440- 0680 from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. CT Monday through https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2017/Fiddle- Sunday, online at www.Target.com and click on Diddles-Recalls-Car-Seat-Strap-Systems “School/Stationery/Seasonal” on the product recalls page for more information, or the “Product Recalls” tab on Target’s Facebook page.
https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2016/Advanced- Sports-International-Recalls
Release Number: (#17-705) Fiddle Diddles Inc., of Maple Grove, M.N., is announcing the voluntary recall of about 250 LullaBelay
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