Q3 2023 Consumer Product Recalls Analysis

Q3 2023 – CPSC

Product

Reason(s)

Children’s Clothing

• The metal snaps on the jeans can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children.

Children’s Product

• The stainless-steel cups contain levels of lead that exceed the federal lead content ban. Lead is toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health effects.

Jewelry

• The clasp on the beaded bracelet contains levels of lead that exceed the federal lead content ban. Lead is toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health effects.

Durable Nursery Product

• The swing violates the Safe Sleep for Babies Act because the product was marketed for infant sleep and has an incline angle greater than 10 degrees. Infant fatalities have occurred in inclined sleepers, after the infants rolled from their back to their stomach or side while unrestrained, or under other circumstances. The swing also violates the Safety Standard for Infant Swings.
• The bolts used to secure the seat of the recalled highchair to the pedestal base can become loose and allow the seat to detach, posing a fall hazard.
• The spindles used on the recalled beds are spaced at a distance that creates a serious entrapment hazard that can lead to strangulation and/or death to children. The design of the bed allows a child’s torso to slip through the rail opening but will not allow their head to pass, posing entrapment and strangulation hazards that could result in death.
• The cribs’ end panel can become loose exposing sharp edges, posing a laceration hazard to children.

Toys

• If a water bead is ingested, it expands and can pose ingestion, choking and intestinal obstruction hazards inside a child’s body, resulting in severe discomfort, vomiting, dehydration and a risk of death to a child.
• The towers can tip over while in use posing fall and injury hazards to young children.

Q3 2023 – Health Canada

Product

Reason(s)

Childcare Article

• The recalled products may contain excess amounts of lead present at the bottom seal, posing an exposure risk. Lead is highly toxic, especially to children. A range of serious health effects have been associated with exposure to lead, including anemia, vomiting, diarrhea, heart and immune system. In extreme cases, there have been deaths.

Children’s Product

• The rechargeable lithium-ion batteries in the Parent Unit monitors can overheat during charging, posing a risk of burns and property damage.

Children’s Clothing

• The snaps can detach from the garment and pose a choking hazard to children.
• Drawstrings on children’s upper outerwear can become caught on playground equipment, fences, or other objects and result in strangulation, or in the case of a vehicle, the child being dragged. The Mountain Equipment Company Tremblant youth jacket has a drawstring at the waist which poses an entanglement and vehicular dragging hazard.

Toys

• The binding rings of the books may detach, potentially posing a choking hazard.
  
  Small, powerful magnets can be easily swallowed by children of all ages, posing serious and potentially life-threatening risks. When more than one powerful magnet is swallowed in a short period of time, the magnets can attract one another while moving through the intestines. This can cause the intestines to twist, creating blockages or tearing of the intestinal walls.
• Health Canada’s sampling and evaluation program has determined that this toy does not meet the requirements of the Phthalates Regulations. The recalled product contains phthalates (DEHP) above the allowable limits. Studies suggest that certain phthalates, including DEHP, may cause reproductive and developmental abnormalities in young children when soft vinyl products containing phthalates are sucked or chewed for extended periods.

Durable Nursery Products

• The bolts used to secure the seat of the highchair to the pedestal base can become loose and allow the seat to detach, posing a fall hazard.
• The towers can tip over while in use, posing fall and injury hazards to young children.
• Health Canada’s sampling and evaluation program has determined that these cribs do not meet the Cribs, Cradles and Bassinets Regulations in Canada. Specifically, the space between the bars may be too wide and if so, a child could get stuck between them. Also, the crib bars can break, posing a risk of entrapment and injury to children.

Jewelry

• The recalled jewelry contains lead in excess of allowable limits, posing a chemical hazard.
• The hair accessories styles and necklace styles with glass-like glitter baubles tend to easily break with minimal force resulting in a sharp points/sharp edges hazard.