Product Recall

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Product recall

A product recall is a request to return to the maker a batch or an entire production run of a product, usually due to the discovery of safety issues.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of the thousands of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction.

CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters and household chemicals

The General Product Safety Directive (GPSD)

The GPSD aims at ensuring that only safe consumer products are sold in the EU.

General Requirements

Clothes for children up to seven years (height 1.34 m) should not have cords or drawstrings in the hood and neck area.

Clothes for children aged between seven and 14

should not have cords longer than 75 mm in the hood and neck area or drawstrings with free ends. Cords in the hood and neck area should not be elastic except for shoulder straps and halter necks

General Requirements

Clothes for children shall not have cords or drawstrings with free ends longer than 140 mm in the chest and waist area.

Halter neck-style children's clothes should not

have loose ends in the hood and neck area.

Children's clothes intended to be tied at the front should not have tied belts or sashes longer than 360mm, when measured untied from the point where they are to be tied.

General Requirements

Other cords or drawstrings on children's clothes should not trail below the sleeve or hem of garments.

Drawstrings, functional cords and decorative cords at the bottom hem of long-legged trousers shall be totally on the inside of the garment.

Homemade children's clothes should also meet these requirements

RecallsName of product:

Children’s two-piece pajama sets

Retailer : Target , USA

Hazard: The children’s cotton or cotton/fleece pajamas sets fail to meet the federal flammability standards for children’s sleepwear, because they do not meet the tight-fitting sizing requirements.

This poses a burn hazard to children.

The brand label printed on the neck of the pajamas states “Wear snug-fitting not flame resistant”.

The pajamas were also sold with a yellow hangtag that states, “For child’s safety, garment should fit snugly. This garment is not flame resistant. Loose-fitting garment is more likely to catch fire.”

Children’s Sleepwear Safety

Under USA federal safety rules, all children's sleepwear garments sold in sizes larger than nine months must be flame resistant or tight-fitting.

What is Flame-resistant children’s sleepwear

Flame-resistant children’s sleepwear

Flame-resistant garments do not continue burning when removed from an ignition source.

One example is inherently flame-resistant polyesters that do not require chemical treatment.

Tight-fitting children’s sleepwear Garments that meet the sizing requirements to be

tight fitting and do not need to be flame resistant because they are made to fit closely against a child’s body.

Tight-fitting sleepwear does not ignite easily and, even if ignited, does not burn readily.

The requirements for flammability or tight-fitting measurements do not apply to sleepwear for sizes nine months and under because infants wearing these sizes are insufficiently mobile to expose themselves to an open flame.

CPSC standards require hangtags and permanent labels on tight-fitting children’s sleepwear in sizes larger than 9 months

Drawstrings in Children's Upper Outerwear

Drawstrings in Children's Upper Outerwear

The Commission has determined that hood and neck drawstrings on children's upper outerwear in sizes 2T to 12 or the equivalent present a strangulation hazard

European standard EN 14682 The length of drawstrings at the waist and bottom of

children's upper outerwear in sizes 2T to 16 or the equivalent has been limited to 3 inches outside the drawstring channel when the garment is expanded to its fullest width; such garments must be free of toggles, knots, and other attachments at the free ends of drawstrings.

If a waist or bottom drawstring in upper outerwear sizes 2T to 16 or the equivalent is one continuous string, it must be bar tacked (i.e., stitched through to prevent the drawstring from being pulled through its channel).

What is the Hazard? The most common incident scenarios involved drawstrings getting entangled on playground slides.Typically, as a child descended the slide, the toggle or knot on the drawstring got caught in a small space or gap at the top of the slide.

Incidents have also occurred when the long, trailing drawstring at the waist of a jacket was caught on the closed door of a moving school bus.

cords on garments may got entangled in bicycle wheels

Recalls Company/Brand:

La Jolla Sport USA Inc. dba O'Neill Clothing

The Danger: The hooded sweatshirts

have drawstrings in the neck that can pose a strangulation hazard to children.

Recalls Description Red and white polka

dot bikini decorated with red and white striped frills. The top can be tied with functional cords that have free ends in the neck area and on the back.

RecallsDanger Injuries, Strangulation

The product poses a risk of strangulation due to the presence of halter neck cords with free ends in the neck area. The product poses a risk of injuries due to the presence of cords that are to be tied at the back.

The product does not comply with the relevant European standard EN 14682

RecallsDescription: Set of baby clothes, consisting of

matching trousers and tops Danger Choking and Strangulation.

The products pose a risk of choking because they contain small parts (the buttons) that may easily detach and be swallowed by small children.

The products pose the risk of strangulation due to the presence of cords in the chest area which are too long.

The products do not comply with the relevant national standard UNE 40902 and the relevant European standard EN 14682

Recalls Company/Brand:

PUMA North America, Inc.

The Danger: The jacket has a

drawstring at the waist that has toggles and is not stitched to the back of the jacket. The drawstring could become snagged or caught in small spaces or vehicle doors and it poses an entanglement hazard.

RecallsMeijer Falls Creek Kids

Denim Jeans

Date: December 27, 2012

The Danger: The snap on the front of

the infant and toddler denim jeans may come loose and separate from the fabric, posing a choking hazard to young children.

Recalls Company/Brand:

Franshaw, Inc.

The Danger: Decorative studs on the

denim shorts' pockets can detach and pose a choking hazard to young children. Buy Buy Baby received one report of the decorative studs detaching from the shorts.

RecallsDescription: Baby sleep suits and baby

bodysuits in various colors Danger: Choking

The products pose a risk of choking because they contain small parts (the popper closures) that can become detached and swallowed by small children.The product does not comply with the national standard BS 7907

Recalls Company/Brand:

Supreme Trading Limited

The Danger: Snaps on the jacket can

detach, posing a choking hazard to young children. No injuries have been reported.

RecallsCompany/Brand:

Children's Apparel Network, Ltd.

The Danger: The surface coating on

the zipper of the fleece hoodie and t-shirt sets contain excessive levels of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard.

No injuries have been reported.

RecallsBrand: ZeemanDescription Jogging trousers made of dark

blended fabric. Danger Chemical

The product poses a chemical risk because the black textile contains azo dyes releasing the aromatic amine benzidine (140 mg/kg).

The product does not comply with the REACH Regulation.

Recalls

Check the bellow sites for more incidents

http://www.sgs.com/en/Consumer-Goods-Retail/Product-Recalls.aspx http://unsafeproducts.eu/type/clothing-textiles-and-fashion-

items/page/10/ http://www.docstoc.com/docs/69238490/NIKE-Apparel-Product-

safety-manual

ISO 10377:2013 The first standard, ISO 10377:2013, Consumer product

safety – Guidelines for suppliers, provides universally applicable guidance and practical tools to identify, assess, eliminate or reduce potential safety risks before the products enter the market.

Its use should result in fewer injuries and increased consumer confidence, provide an benchmark for accessing international markets, supplement existing regulations, offer a systems approach to product safety, level the playing field, educate suppliers, reduce costly product recalls, and more.

ISO 10393:2013 ISO 10393:2013, Consumer product recall

– Guidelines for suppliers, provides guidance on how to establish, implement and manage a consumer product recall program.

ISO 10393:2013 ISO 10393 will help organizations plan and

execute timely and cost-effective recall programmes, minimize legal risks, protect consumers from unsafe or dangerous products, and build customer satisfaction and loyalty.

Flammability Requirements of the Standard

The testing methods required by EN 14878 are based upon EN 1103, Textiles Fabrics for Apparel – Detailed Procedure to Determining the Burning Behaviour, but without any prior washing. Under the new standard there are different Classes with specific requirements for each type of nightwear as follows:

Class A – All nightwear (except pyjamas) There shall be no surface flash The 3rd marker thread (520 mm) must not be severed in less than 15 seconds.

Class B – Pyjamas There shall be no surface flash. Either the 3rd marker thread (529 mm) must not be severed in less than 10 seconds, plus design criteria must be met (including hem circumference, sleeve cuff, and bottom trouser width dimension); Or the burn rate from Class A is applicable without the design criteria.

Class C – Babies’ nightwear (up to 6 months) No criteria

Additional Information

RAPEX (Rapid Alert System)

RAPEX is the EU rapid alert system that facilitates the rapid exchange of information between Member States and the Commission on measures taken to prevent or restrict the marketing or use of products posing a serious risk to the health and safety of consumers –with the exception of food, pharmaceutical and medical devices, which are covered by other mechanisms.