consumer product safety

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...

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...

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...

"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 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...

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, 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...

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...