This email contains the following information: 1. CPSC, Sky High International Announce Recall of Care Bears Lunch Kits Sold at Kohl's Department Stores 2. CPSC, IKEA Home Furnishings Announce Recall of Fargglad Multi-Color Children's Chair
#################### FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 15, 2004 Release # 05-012 Firm's Hotline: (800) 868-7870 CPSC Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772 CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908 CPSC, Sky High International Announce Recall of Care Bears Lunch Kits Sold at Kohl's Department Stores WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announces the following recall in voluntary cooperation with the firm below. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of product: Care Bears Lunch Kits with Water Bottles Units: About 13,000 Manufacturer: Sky High International LLC, of New York, N.Y. Hazard: The pull-up drinking spout can detach from the bottle, posing a choking hazard to young children. Incidents/Injuries: The firm has received two reports of the drinking spouts detaching. No injuries have been reported. Description: The recalled purple and blue lunch bags are about 9-inches tall and have a rainbow strap. A multi-colored, shiny-plastic front displays Care Bears characters and the name "Care Bears." The lunch bags are insulated and have a netted side pocket used to hold a 6 oz. water bottle. Sold at: Kohl's Department Stores nationwide from July 2004 through September 2004 for about $13. Manufactured in: China. Remedy: Consumers area advised to stop using the water bottles immediately and contact Sky High International for a refund of the water bottle. Consumer Contact: Call Sky High International at (800) 868-7870 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday. Consumers can also visit Kohl's Web site at www.kohls.com To view this recall online, use the following link: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml05/05012.html #################### FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 15, 2004 Release # 05-013 Firm's Hotline: (888) 966-4532 CPSC Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772 CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908 CPSC, IKEA Home Furnishings Announce Recall of Fargglad Multi-Color Children's Chair WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announces the following recall in voluntary cooperation with the firm below. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of product: Fargglad multi-color children's chair Units: 7,279 Importer/Distributor: IKEA Home Furnishings of Plymouth Meeting, Penn. Hazard: Choking hazard from red plastic feet that can detach from chair legs. Incidents/Injuries: None reported. Description: Fargglad multi-color children's chairs have the article number 400.548.40 and the supplier number (either 16592 or 17128) on a label on one of the chair's rear legs, or on the underside of the chair seat. The chair has a tubular steel frame with woven multi-color solid plastic piping used for the chair's seat and back. The plastic feet are red. Sold at: IKEA stores sold the recalled children's chair from May 2003 through September 18, 2004, for about $15. Manufactured in: Vietnam (supplier number 17128) or China (supplier number 16592) Remedy: Full refund. Take the Fargglad multi-color children's chair away from young children immediately and return it to the "Returns and Exchanges" department at any IKEA U.S. store for a full refund. Consumer Contact: Call IKEA at (888) 966-4532 anytime, or visit the IKEA web site at www.ikea-usa.com To view this recall online, use the following link: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml05/05013.html ----------------------------- You are currently subscribed to the email list "recalls" as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, please do one of the following: (1) go to http://www.cpsc.gov/cpsclist.asp and use the on-line form (2) send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can also go to http://www.cpsc.gov/cpsclist.asp to change your subscription, or unsubscribe an old address and subscribe a new one. Thank you.
