KID Blog

In KID’s look at 2009 recalls, we noticed that many children’s product manufacturers had multiple recalls. Fifteen manufacturers reported more than one recall. Dorel Juvenile Group and Evenflo Co. Inc. lead in product recalls with five each. Evenflo recalled two… Read More

This morning, Kids In Danger released The Year of the Nursery Product Recall: a look at children’s product recalls in 2009. The report found that for the first time, nursery products — cribs, strollers, high chairs — accounted for the… Read More

Today, Infantino and CPSC announced a recall on the Infantino “SlingRider” and “Wendy Bellissimo” baby slings. Three deaths in the slings were reported in 2009. Owners of these slings should stop using it immediately and return it to Infantino for… Read More

Harmony™ High Chairs by Graco Children’s Products Inc. have been recalled due to fall hazard. The screws holding the front legs of the high chair can loosen and fall out and/or the plastic bracket on the rear legs can crack… Read More

This week, the ASTM International juvenile product subcommittee continued its work on drafting a safety standard for baby slings, wraps and other carriers that don’t fall into the soft infant carrier standard. The group is considering performance requirements and tests… Read More

Today CPSC released their warning on the hazards of the popular infant sling carriers. CPSC is currently investigating 14 deaths in sling-style infant carriers, three of which occurred in 2009. Twelve of the deaths involved babies younger than 4 months… Read More

At a speech today to the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association (JPMA), CPSC Chairman Inez Tenenbaum announced that CPSC will soon issue a safety warning about a popular parenting item — the baby sling. While slings in some form have been… Read More

“When you look at where we have been and where we are headed”, said CPSC Chairman Inez Tenenbaum, only two weeks ago, “you can see why we are agency on the rise.” It seems that these words are beginning to… Read More

Allreds Design Baby Bracelets and Pacifier Clips, sold at resale stores and other consignment retailers nationwide, have been recalled due to bracelets and pacifier clip clasps containing high levels of lead. Allreds Design received one report of a 10-month-old child… Read More

It’s a new day at CPSC. With a new chairman, Inez Tenenbaum, appointed in June 2009 and the greater resources and authority through the CPSIA passed in 2008, CPSC is “now turning to a fresh page and scripting our own… Read More