consumer product safety
Horse toys recalled after reins wrap around children's necks
12:12PM 11/10/2010
Two companies have recalled horse toys after two young children got the reins caught around their necks, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said.
The children were freed by their parents and neither child was hurt. The CPSC said young children are in danger of strangulation from the reins...
The Customs and Border Protection agency has reached a deal with the Consumer Product Safety Commission to allow safety inspectors to determine what's being imported before it arrives at U.S. ports.
The two agencies agreed to let CPSC workers to complete safety risk assessments using the Customs...
Dangerous nursery products top 2009 recall list
12:01AM 3/30/2010
Recalls of strollers, cribs, high chairs and other nursery products pushed nursery products to the top category of recalled products for the first time, the advocacy group Kids in Danger announced.
In a just-released report analyzing recalls conducted by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety...
Infantino recalls 1 million baby slings after three infants die
7:00AM 3/24/2010
On the heels of a warning by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission about the potentially lethal risks of using baby slings, Infantino is recalling more than 1 million Wendy Bellissimo and SlingRider models linked to the deaths of at least three babies.
All three babies died last year, the...
CPSC chief Inez Tenenbaum says China has 'gotten the message'
1:30PM 3/17/2010
"Made in China." It's the calling card of a staggering percentage of products that Americans buy. And what does that phrase conjure for you? Poorly made? Dangerous?
Ask America's top product safety official about Chinese-made products and you're going to get a different answer. She said change is...
Telebrands' Therma Scarf: An 'As Seen on TV' product gone awry
10:00AM 3/11/2010
Telebrands Corp., which nurtures inventions onto the infomercial screen, is recalling its Therma Scarf scarves after reports of at least five fires started by its microwaveable heat packs, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada said.
The fires were started in the flax-seed...
CPSC to issue safety warning about popular baby slings
10:00PM 3/09/2010
Baby slings, an accessory that engenders strong feelings from parents and safety advocates on opposite sides, is being targeted by the U.S. Consumer Product Commission for a warning that they can be dangerous to infants.
"We know of too many deaths in these slings and we now know the hazard...
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is moving toward forbidding companies that sell, make or import children's clothing from offering outerwear with drawstrings after a sweep by the agency found numerous violations of its 14-year-old guidelines regarding the products, WalletPop.com has...
Daiso to pay $2 million fine, stop selling kids products after breaking federal laws
5:04PM 3/02/2010
Daiso, a huge Japanese-owned retail chain with some 3,000 stores worldwide,has been accused of repeatedly violating federal safety laws while importing toys and other children's goods from China and Vietnam. The company has agreed to pay a $2 million penalty and, in an extraordinary move, was...
Four more lines of sweatshirts recalled because of drawstrings
5:10PM 2/18/2010
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced four separate recalls involving sweatshirts for children.
You would think 14 years after the clothing industry was told to stop putting drawstrings in hoods the practice would have stopped.
Drawstrings have been implicated in strangulation...
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