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Safety 1st and Eddie Bauer Play Yards
- Starting date:
- June 1, 2009
- Posting date:
- June 1, 2009
- Type of communication:
- Consumer Product Recall
- Subcategory:
- Childrens' Products, Household Items
- Source of recall:
- Health Canada
- Issue:
- Product Safety, Physical Hazard
- Audience:
- General Public
- Identification number:
- RA-500002022
Affected products
Safety 1st and Eddie Bauer Play Yards
Product description
This recall involves the bassinet attachment of the following three different models of Safety 1st and Eddie Bauer Play Yards.
- Safety 1st Play Safe Play Yard: model numbers beginning with 05536C. This portable playpen was sold with a bassinet attachment, change station, storage area, and mobile.
- Safety 1st Dream Magic or Deluxe Play Yard: model numbers beginning with 05049C. This playpen was sold with a bassinet attachment, change station, storage area, and mobile.
- Eddie Bauer Complete Care Play Yard: model numbers beginning with 05088C. This portable playpen was sold with a bassinet attachment, change station, and mobile.
The model number can be found on a sewn-on warning label, located at the bottom of the play yard.
Hazard identified
Testing by Health Canada has revealed that a child's weight presses the center of the bassinet downwards, increasing the angled surfaces at either end of the product. If a child is left unattended in the bassinet portion of the play yard, small movements of the child could cause the child to slide, posing a potential risk of injury or death due to suffocation.
If recommendations in Health Canada's Consumer Product Safety: Is Your Child Safe? are not followed, then this condition can become more hazardous.
Health Canada has received one report of a death which occurred when the child was placed in the bassinet attachment of the play yard with blankets and a soft stuffed toy. The play yard includes instructions which state that the child is not to be placed in the bassinet with blankets.
Dorel Distribution Canada has received 4 complaints of the bassinet in these play yards not laying flat, with no reported injuries relating to this condition.
Number sold
Over 37 000 of the recalled products were sold at Zellers, Walmart, Toys 'R' Us, and Costco stores across Canada.
Time period sold
The recalled products were sold from March 2007 to May 2009.
Place of origin
Manufactured in China.
Companies
- Importer
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Dorel Distribution Canada
Ville Saint-Laurent
CANADA
Tel: 1-800-295-1980
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What you should do
Consumers should immediately stop using the bassinet portion of the recalled play yards and contact Dorel Distribution Canada to receive a free kit to address the issue.
Consumers should not return the product to retail stores.
For more information, consumers may contact Dorel Distribution Canada by visiting the firm's website or by phoning toll-free at 1-888-234-2455 between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. ET Monday through Friday.