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Not Categorized Yet- CPSC, BRK Announce Recall of First Alert True Fit Safety Gates
In cooperation with the U.S. ConsumerProduct Safety Commission (CPSC), BRK Brands Inc., ofAurora, Ill., is voluntarily recalling about 36,800 safetygates sold under the First Alert True Fit brand name.Plastic parts of the gate can break off into small pieces,creating a potential choking hazard to young children. Insome cases, when parts break off, the gate will no longer besecure.
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Not Categorized Yet- CPSC, Yang Lin Trading, Wholesale World Announce Recall of Christmas Lights
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product SafetyCommission (CPSC), Yang Lin Trading Inc., of Los Angeles, Calif., andWholesale World Inc., of Houston Texas, are recalling about 176,000 sets of miniature Christmas lights. These Christmas lights are poorly constructed, have undersized wires, no fuse to protect against overheating, and the wires can easily pull out of the plugs. They present a fire and electrocution hazard.
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Not Categorized Yet- CPSC, Kmart Corp. Announce Recall of Angel Tree-Top Ornament
In cooperation with the U.S. ConsumerProduct Safety Commission (CPSC), Kmart Corp., of Troy,Mich., is conducting a voluntary recall of about 132,000electric angel tree-top ornaments. The fabric used in makingthese ornaments is flammable, posing a fire hazard.
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Not Categorized Yet- CPSC, American Hua Mao Enterprises Announce Recall of Cigarette Lighters
In cooperation with the U.S. ConsumerProduct Safety Commission (CPSC), American Hua MaoEnterprises, of New York, N.Y., is recalling about 139,000cigarette lighters. These cigarette lighters, which operatewith push-button electronic ignition mechanisms to producethe flame, have child-resistant mechanisms that do not work.Young children could ignite the lighters.
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Not Categorized Yet- CPSC, Firms Announce Recall of Extension Cords, Hair Dryers
Morton Paper Co. of Brooklyn, N.Y., is recalling about 75,750 extension cords. The cords have undersized wires that cannot carry the advertised load, lack overcurrent protection and are equippedwith plugs that are not polarized properly, presenting fire,shock and electrocution hazards. Sound-Tech Import Inc., of LosAngeles, Calif., is recalling about 360 portable hairdryers.These hairdryers are not equipped with Ground FaultCircuit Interrupters (GFCIs) to prevent electric shock in case ofcurrent leakage.
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Not Categorized Yet- CPSC, Marco Alert Consumers to Gas Fireplace Recall Due to Fire Hazard
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product SafetyCommission (CPSC), Marco Manufacturing Inc., of Lynwood, Calif., isre-emphasizing the recall of more than 22,000 gas decorative fireplaces to repair their vent systems. If the interior vent pipe separates from its connection to the exterior wall of the house, hot exhaust gases can start a fire inside the wall.
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Not Categorized Yet- CPSC, Summer Infant Products Inc. Announce Recall of Crib Rail Toys
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product SafetyCommission (CPSC), Summer Infant Products Inc., of Cumberland, R.I., isrecalling about 5,000 Garden Play Yard Pals crib and play yard rail toys. The plastic flower toy stem on this toy can break when bent, creating a sharp edge hazard for young children, and possibly causing cuts or puncture injuries.
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Not Categorized Yet- CPSC, Toy Manufacturers Announce Recall to Replace Toy Basketball Nets
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Ohio Art, Little Tikes, Today's Kids and Fisher-Price are announcing a voluntary recall to replace the nets on 10.1 million toy basketball sets. Children could strangle on loops or openings in the nets that come unhooked from the rim, or have knots that slide. If children put their heads into these openings, the net can get tangled around their necks.
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Not Categorized Yet- CPSC, L.L. Bean Inc. Announces Recall of Backpack Child Carriers
In cooperation with the U.S. ConsumerProduct Safety Commission (CPSC), L.L. Bean Inc., ofFreeport, Maine, is recalling about 10,000 backpack childcarriers, model number AC25. Small children can becomeentangled in the carrier's harness,which poses astrangulation risk. Also, small children can work their wayout of the harness and fall through a leg opening or topple out of the top of the carrier, which can cause head and bodyinjuries.
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Not Categorized Yet- CPSC, IRIS U.S.A. Announce Recall of Plastic Toy Storage Chests
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), IRIS U.S.A. Inc., of Pleasant Prairie, Wis., is recalling about 100,000 plastic chests. These chests, that were originally marketed for the storage of toys, lack a lid-support device, do not have adequate ventilation when the lid is closed and have latches that secure the lids. Children could be entrapped and suffocate inside the chests.
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Not Categorized Yet- CPSC, Rubbermaid Inc. Announce Recall of Icy RiderTM Toboggan
In cooperation with the U.S. ConsumerProduct Safety Commission (CPSC), Rubbermaid Inc., ofWooster Ohio, is recalling about 60,800 Icy RiderTMToboggans. The flexible, bowed front of the toboggan canbreak away while in use, causing loss of control and injury.
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