Nearly 100 infants have been hurt falling out of Bumbo Baby Seats, a total that has grown since their recall in 2007, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Tuesday — issuing a warning about the danger. At least 45 babies that have gotten hurt falling from the chairs while they were above ground level. The injured babies ranged in age from 3 months to 10 months old....
Spin Master, distributor of Aqua Dots — a toy recalled after it was learned they turned toxic when wet following the hospitalization of two toddlers — agreed to pay $1.3 million to settle charges the company failed to report a known hazard, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said. About a dozen children are believed to have been sickened by Aqua Dots. “To have a toxic chemical on a toy...
About 2 million containers of gel fuel sold by 10 different companies are being recalled after federal investigators connected the product to two deaths and about three dozen serious burn injuries. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission launched an investigation into gel fuels in mid-June and recalled nearly a half-million containers made by Napa Home & Garden sold under the FIREGEL and NAPAfire brands. The agency determined the fuels...
Target, which earlier this month recalled more than 200,000 step stools, is recalling another 341,000 after more than two dozen consumers reported incidents involving the stools breaking, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said. The step stools, which have storage compartments, were sold at Target stores and the company’s website for $25-$30 between January 2007 and October 2010. The CSPC said Target heard from 27 consumers about the stools...
A quarter-million General Electric food processors sold only at Walmart stores are being recalled because of two defects that have started fires and caused consumers to get cut, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said. The Chinese-made food processors sold between September 2009 and February 2011 for about $50 have led to complaints from dozens of consumers about the product’s hazards. Walmart told the CPSC that it...
More than 2 million gas-powered STIHL yard tools of all sorts sold over the past decade are being recalled after dozens of reports of problems with the fuel caps, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said. Included in the recall are STIHL trimmers, brush cutters, KombiMotors, hedge trimmers, edgers, clearing saws, pole pruners, and backpack blowers that use a so-called toolless fuel cap. The U.S.-made yard tools were sold...
In an extraordinary move, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has declared as dangerous tens of thousands of “metoo” clip-on table top chairs sold under the phil&teds brand name and is warning consumers to stop using them after “numerous” injuries were reported. Typically, through a sometimes drawn out process, companies and the government negotiate the terms of a recall. That can mean anything from withdrawing the product to,...
Dorel, one of the biggest juvenile product manufacturers, is recalling nearly a half-million bunk beds sold at Walmart, Target and Kmart stores after reports of the mattress support rails breaking, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said. At least seven injuries have been reported. They were mainly minor cuts and bruises. The Vietnam-made bunk beds were distributed by Dorel Asia SRL, the Barbados-based division of Dorel Industries, which sells...
