2 Million Cribs Are Recalled Due to Concerns of Entrapment and Suffocation
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that 7 crib manufacturers have voluntarily agreed to the recall of more than 2 million cribs whose drop sides create hazard concerns of entrapment, suffocation and falls. The recall involves cribs manufactured between 2000 and 2009 and include the following manufacturers: Child Craft (out of business), Delta Enterprise, Evenflo, Jardine Enterprises, LaJobi, Million Dollar Baby and Simmons Juvenile Products. The companies will be providing free repair kits to all owners to keep the drop side from moving. As Consumer Reports indicated "the CPSC's emphatic message to parents: Do not attempt to fix these cribs with homemade remedies."
The CPSC has indicated it is continuing to investigate cribs for other hazards as well in order to make the market free from unsafe cribs. The CPSC has indicated that it "is committed to addressing the hazards with cribs and to restoring parents' confidence that their child will have a safe sleep". It is also important to note that if your drop side crib is already broken, the new hardware being provided by the manufacturers for this recall will not help and/or fix the problem. If that is the case, you need to contact the manufacturer and talk to them about an alternative remedy. Also, to obtain information about the remedy, you need to contact the individual manufacturer. To figure out how to do that, go to the CPSC site and it will provide you a link to the contact information for your manufacturer.
This is an important recall. Children are our most precious possession and we must do all possible to insure their safety.
