Infant Suffocation Deaths Prompt Recall of Amby Baby Motion Beds & Hammocks

December 9, 2009

WASHINGTON, D.C. – THE U.S. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION, IN COOPERATION WITH THE FIRM NAMED BELOW, TODAY ANNOUNCED A VOLUNTARY RECALL OF THE FOLLOWING CONSUMER PRODUCT. CONSUMERS SHOULD STOP USING RECALLED PRODUCTS IMMEDIATELY UNLESS OTHERWISE INSTRUCTED.

NAME OF PRODUCT: AMBY BABY MOTION BEDS

UNITS: ABOUT 24,000

MANUFACTURER: AMBY BABY USA, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.

HAZARD: THE SIDE-TO-SIDE SHIFTING OR TILTING OF THE HAMMOCK CAN CAUSE THE INFANT TO ROLL AND BECOME ENTRAPPED OR WEDGED AGAINST THE HAMMOCK’S FABRIC AND/OR MATTRESS PAD, RESULTING IN A SUFFOCATION HAZARD.

INCIDENTS/INJURIES: AMBY BABY IS AWARE OF TWO INFANT SUFFOCATION DEATHS IN THE AMBY BABY HAMMOCK. IN JUNE 2009, A 4-MONTH-OLD GIRL IN LAWRENCEVILLE, GA DIED IN A BABY HAMMOCK AND IN AUGUST 2009, A 5-MONTH-OLD BOY FROM GRESHAM, ORE.

DESCRIPTION: THE AMBY BABY MOTION BED CONSISTS OF A STEEL FRAME AND A FABRIC HAMMOCK WHICH ARE CONNECTED BY A LARGE SPRING AND METAL CROSSBAR. THERE IS ONLY ONE MODEL OF THE HAMMOCK AVAILABLE WHICH CAN BE IDENTIFIED BY A LABEL SEWN ONTO THE HAMMOCK STATING: “AMBY – BABIES LOVE IT, NATURALLY.”

SOLD ONLINE AT: AMBYBABY.COM AND OTHER INTERNET RETAILERS FROM JANUARY 2003 THROUGH OCTOBER 2009 FOR ABOUT $250.

MANUFACTURED IN: CHINA

REMEDY: CONSUMERS SHOULD IMMEDIATELY STOP USING THE AMBY BABY MOTION BEDS/HAMMOCKS AND CONTACT AMBY BABY USA FOR A FREE REPAIR KIT. PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS ARE URGED TO FIND AN ALTERNATIVE, SAFE SLEEPING ENVIRONMENT FOR THEIR BABY.

CONSUMER CONTACT: FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, CONTACT AMBY BABY USA TOLL-FREE AT (866) 544-9721 BETWEEN 9 A.M. AND 5P.M. ET MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY OR VISIT THE FIRM’S WEB SITE AT WWW.AMBYBABY.COM