More Infant Deaths Prompt Re-announcement of Simplicity Close-Sleeper and Bedside Sleeper Bassinet Recall
August 21, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. – THE U.S. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION (CPSC) IS ONCE AGAIN URGING ALL PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS TO IMMEDIATELY STOP USING CONVERTIBLE “CLOSE-SLEEPER/BEDSIDE SLEEPER” BASSINETS MANUFACTURED BY SIMPLICITY INC., OF READING, PA. CPSC HAS LEARNED OF TWO ADDITIONAL INFANT DEATHS SINCE THE AUGUST 2008 SAFETY ALERT AND RECALL ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT NOTIFIED CONSUMERS OF TWO INFANTS WHO HAD STRANGLED IN THEIR SIMPLICITY BASSINETS. TO DATE, CPSC IS AWARE OF FOUR INFANTS WHO HAVE DIED IN THE CLOSE-SLEEPER BASSINETS.
CPSC Launches Resale Round-up Campaign to Keep Dangerous Recalled Products Out of Resale Stores and Off the Internet
August 7, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. – THE U.S. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION (CPSC) TODAY ANNOUNCED ITS TOP TEN LIST OF RECALLED CHILDREN’S PRODUCTS AS PART OF THE AGENCY’S “RESALE ROUND-UP” CAMPAIGN. CPSC’S GOAL IS TO PROTECT CONSUMERS BY GETTING DANGEROUS RECALLED PRODUCTS OUT OF RESALE STORES AND OFF THE INTERNET. RE-SELLING RECALLED PRODUCTS IS A VIOLATION OF FEDERAL LAW.
I Wish I Didn’t Have to Publish So Many Food Recalls
July 3, 2009
(EDITORIAL)
Out of all of the recalls I have to publish on a daily or weekly basis (foods, drugs, consumer products, autos…) the ones that troubles me most are food recalls.
Simplicity Drop Side Cribs Recalled by Retailers Due to Risk of Death from Suffocation
July 3, 2009
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NAME OF PRODUCT: SIMPLICITY DROP SIDE CRIBS
UNITS: ABOUT 400,000
IMPORTER/DISTRIBUTOR: SIMPLICITY INC. AND SFCA INC. OF READING, PA. (THE FIRMS APPEAR TO NO LONGER CONDUCT DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS.)
Yet Another Simplicity Crib Recall: This Time 400,000 Cribs
July 2, 2009
Following more than 1-million recalled Simplicity cribs and bassinets from last year, the CPSC today announced the recall of another 400,000 Simplicity Drop Side Cribs because plastic hardware on the crib can break or deform, which could cause the side rails to detach.
Simplicity Play Yards Recalled Due to Fall and Entrapment Hazards
April 8, 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: TRAVEL TENDER PLAY YARDS
UNITS: ABOUT 25,000
Fisher-Price Recalls Simplicity Rainforest Portable Play Yards
January 16, 2009
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is recalling about 200,000 Rainforest Portable Play Yards made by Simplicity, Inc. and SFCA, Inc. because of consumer complaints about one or more rails unexpectedly collapsing. This defect has caused injuries to several children through entrapment or fall hazards.
Simplicity Crib Drop Side Cribs Recalled Due To Entrapment And Suffocation Hazard
September 18, 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. – THE U.S. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION, IN COOPERATION WITH THE FIRMS 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: SIMPLICITY BRAND DROP SIDE CRIBS
UNITS: ABOUT 600,000
Some Recalled Simplicity Bassinets Include Graco & Winnie the Pooh Brands
September 12, 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. – – THE U.S. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION (CPSC) IS AWARE THAT SOME BASSINETS IN THE SIMPLICITY RECALL ANNOUNCED AUGUST 28, 2008 INCLUDE THE GRACO LOGO AND “WINNIE THE POOH” MOTIF LICENSED BY DISNEY CONSUMER PRODUCTS. CONSUMERS ARE URGED TO CHECK THEIR BASSINETS TO ENSURE THEY ARE NOT USING ONE OF THE RECALLED SIMPLICITY MODELS, INCLUDING THOSE WITH THE GRACO LOGO OR “WINNIE THE POOH” MOTIF.
Retailers Agree To Stop Sale and Recall Simplicity Bassinets Due To Strangulation Hazard
August 30, 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. – THE U.S. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION (CPSC) IS URGING RETAILERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF BABIES BY STOPPING SALE AND RECALLING NEARLY 900,000 DANGEROUS SIMPLICITY BASSINETS. YESTERDAY, CPSC WARNED PARENTS, CAREGIVERS AND CONSUMERS TO IMMEDIATELY STOP USING CONVERTIBLE “CLOSE-SLEEPER/BEDSIDE SLEEPER” BASSINETS MANUFACTURED BY SIMPLICITY INC., OF READING, PA., DUE TO A SERIOUS SAFETY RISK. TODAY, CPSC IS ANNOUNCING THAT THE FOLLOWING RETAILERS HAVE VOLUNTARILY AGREED TO RECALL THE PRODUCT AND PROVIDE A REFUND OR STORE CREDIT TO CONSUMERS WHO RETURN THE PRODUCT TO THE STORE WHERE PURCHASED:
Warning: Infants Strangled to Death in Simplicity Bassinets
August 28, 2008
The CPSC is urging parents and caregivers to immediately stop using convertible “Close Sleeper and Bedside Sleeper” bassinets made by Simplicity, Inc., of Reading, PA after learning this month of the death of a five-month-old girl due to strangulation resulting from entrapment between the bassinet’s metal bars.
Third Graco Crib Recall In As Many Years
September 21, 2007
Today (Friday Sept. 21, 2007) the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall of One-million Simplicity and Graco cribs after three children were trapped and suffocated in Simplicity or Graco cribs.
All three children died after falling into a gap in the crib created when the person putting the crib together had installed the drop-rail side of the crib upside-down.
Aspen 3-in-1 Crib with Graco Logo by Simplicity Inc. – Important Recall !
February 14, 2006
More Recent Graco Crib Recall – Please read the one below first.
In late December last year, we ran a press release announcing the recall of Simplicity Incorporated’s Graco Aspen Cribs for posing a risk of suffocation. The screws on the mattress support were coming loose, causing the crib’s mattress to fall. At the time of that report, there had been five reported injuries, although none of them serious. Well, that is if an injured baby can ever NOT be serious.
Graco Branded Aspen Crib Recall
December 24, 2005
More Recent Graco Cribs Recalled – Please read the one below first.
Graco Branded Aspen Crib Recalled for Risk of Suffocation
The Consumer Product Safety Commission ( CPSC ), in cooperation with Simplicity Incorporated, of Reading Pennsylvania, has announced a voluntary recall of the Aspen 3-in-1 Graco Cribs.
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