CPSC News

Five Infant Deaths Prompt CPSC to Sue Infant Recliner Maker

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has filed a complaint against Baby Matters, LLC, of Berwyn, Pa., the manufacturer of Nap Nanny and Nap Nanny Chill infant recliners as a result of four infant deaths in Nap Nanny Generation Two recliners …

GE Recalls 62,000 Clothes Washers

General Electric Co will recall 62,000 GE Profile front-loading clothes washers after receiving 19 reports of the washer basket breaking loose during the spin cycle, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Wednesday. No injuries have been reported from …

Entrapment Risk Forces Stroller Recall

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in cooperation with Peg Perego USA Inc., of Fort Wayne, Ind., is announcing a voluntary recall of about 223,000 strollers due to a risk of entrapment and strangulation. A 6-month-old baby boy from …

Government Approves New Play Yard Safety Standards

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has approved new federal mandatory safety standards for children’s play yards. The requirements will include latches and locks that keep the play yard from folding on a child when it’s in use and minimum height …

Chinese Hedge And Grass Trimmers Recalled

Thousands of Chinese-made grass and hedge trimmers are being recalled due to fuel tank leaks. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Wednesday that trimmers made by Husqvarna Machinery Manufacturing Co. Ltd. have been found to leak between the fuel …

Children’s Slides Recalled After Falls Injure 16

Children’s playground slides that have contributed to more than a dozen fractured bones of small children are being recalled and consumers are urged to remove the slides. The Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with manufacturer Landscape Structures Inc., of …

Battery Packs Recalled in U.S. Due to Explosion Hazard

BatteriesPlus LLC of Hartland, Wisconsin, is recalling about 111,800 cordless tool battery packs because they can explode, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Wednesday. BatteriesPlus is recalling the Rayovac NI-CD Cordless Tool Battery Pack after getting five reports of …

Holiday Decorating Injuries Rising

‘Tis the season for dancing sugarplums, goodwill toward all – and sometimes emergency-room trips for holiday decorating injuries. The Consumer Product Safety Commission said Tuesday that injuries involving falls from ladders while stringing lights, cuts from broken glass ornaments and …

Toymaker to Pay $1.1M Over Recalled Toy Dart Gun

Toymaker Henry Gordy International Inc has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $1.1 million over a dart gun set linked to three deaths, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said Friday. Its Auto Fire Target Sets were sold …

B.O.B. Single and Double Strollers Recalled

Hundreds of thousands of popular B.O.B. jogging strollers are being recalled because of choking concerns. The Consumer Product Safety Commission says the backing on an embroidered logo patch on the stroller’s canopy can come loose. CPSC says the firm has …