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Co-op City Times / January 13, 2024
CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using “Baby Loungers” Due to Suffocation Risk and Fall Hazard The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) warns consumers to immediately stop using “Baby Loungers” because they violate the federal safety regulation for infant sleep products, posing a risk of suffocation and a fall hazard to LQIDQWV 6SHFL¿FDOO\ WKH ORXQJHUV IDLO WR PHHW WKH safety requirements of CPSC’s Infant Sleep Products regulation because they do not have a stand, which creates an unsafe sleeping environment for infants.
In addition, the loungers fail to meet the regulation’s marking, labeling, and instructional literature requirements. The lounger and its packaging also lack a tracking label containing product information such as the date of manufacture, which is required for children’s products including durable infant or toddler products. CPSC issued a Notice of Violation to the seller, Poetint002 of China, EXW WKH ¿UP KDV QRW DJUHHG to recall these loungers or offer a remedy to consumers. Consumers who purchased the product will receive this notice directly. The baby loungers were sold online on Amazon. com and other e-commerce sites. CPSC evaluated
the loungers in the Grey Animal printed fabric. The ZKLWH VWLFNHU ODEHO RQ WKH SDFNDJLQJ LGHQWL¿HV WKH products as “Baby Loungers.” There is a red tag on the products with three rectangular symbols. The lounger is oval in shape and was sold in the color style “gray animal.” It is gray on the outside and white on the inside with animals such as lions, moose, and giraffes printed on the inside of the lounger. It comes with a small pillow with similar animal imagery on it. Although the ISP regulation applies to products manufactured on or after June 23, 2022, the CPSC advises consumers to stop using all loungers sold by Poetint002 regardless of their date of manufacture. Further, CPSC continues to advise ¿UPV WR VWRS VDOH of non-compliant infant sleep products regardless of the date of manufacture. Consumers should stop using the loungers immediately, unzip and disassemble the products, cut-up the lounger cover, sleeping pad, and side bumpers and dispose of the pieces in the trash or textile recycling, in accordance with local garbage collection policies. Parents and caregivers are reminded: • The best place for an infant to sleep is on a ¿UP ÀDW VXUIDFH LQ D FULE EDVVLQHW RU SOD\ \DUG • 8VH D ¿WWHG VKHHW RQO\ DQG QHYHU DGG EODQNHWV pillows, padded crib bumpers, or other items to an infant’s sleeping environment. • Infants should always be placed to sleep on their back. Infants who fall asleep in an inclined or upright position should be moved to a safe sleep HQYLURQPHQW ZLWK D ¿UP ÀDW VXUIDFH VXFK DV D FULE bassinet or play yard. Consumers may report incidents involving injury or product defect to CPSC at www.SaferProducts.gov.
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