CPSC Recall

Keeping track of the latest product and food recalls can be a challenge, so Consumer Ally has collected them in one place for you to check each week. Here is this week's roundup of recalls:

Burlington Basket Co. has issued a recall for 500,000 bassinets sold nationwide at Walmart and other stores after 10 of them collapsed, hurting two infants, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said. The CPSC said if the cross-bracing rails aren't locked into position, the bassinets can...

Michaels Arts & Crafts stores recalled silver tree candle holders after six reports of the Christmas decorations catching fire, causing minor burns to one consumer, said the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission. The candle holders are recalled in both the U.S. and Canada, CPSC said. Health...

Injuries to small children attributed to nursery products -- anything from a crib to a stroller to a car carrier -- rose sharply in 2009, a study of emergency room visits by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission found. More than 77,000 children under the age of 5 had injuries connected to...

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan condemned plans by the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association to kick-off its national "Safe Sleep" campaign in Chicago, saying in a statement it amounts to "peddling deadly merchandise in our own backyard where we fight daily to protect our children from...

Toys R Us is launching a national Product Safety Vigilance Program to help parents protect their children from unsafe products in conjunction with the company's third "Great Trade-In," which encourages parents to exchange recalled and potentially dangerous baby items for new ones. Over the past...

As the nation readies for a traditionally explosive Fourth of July holiday weekend, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a voluntary recall of potentially dangerous fireworks. Big Fireworks of Lansing, Mich., in cooperation with the CPSC, is recalling 4,700 Super Lightning...

McDonald's is offering $3 refunds for the $2 Shrek drinking glasses sold at its restaurants that were tainted with cadmium. Restaurants will begin giving the refunds today. The "Shrek Forever After 3D" glasses were recalled last week when the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced that...

At least 32 infants have suffocated or strangled in drop-side cribs in the past nine years, prompting the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue a warning about the "deadly hazards with drop-side cribs." One Crib recall after another in recent years has been due to hardware or assembly...