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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Firm Recall Hotline: (866) 423-3114
May 17, 2001
CPSC CONTACT: CPSC Contact: Nychelle Fleming
Release # 01-154
(301) 504-7063
CPSC, Child Craft Industries Announce Recall of Changing Tables
WASHINGTON, D.C.- In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC), Child Craft Industries, of Salem, Ind., is
voluntarily recalling about 4,300 changing tables. Some changing table
joints were not properly glued and can separate, presenting a fall
hazard to babies.
Child Craft has received six reports of the changing tables
falling apart, including one report of a baby starting to fall from a
collapsing table when she was caught by her mother. No injuries have
been reported.
The changing table is made of beech wood and comes in a variety of
colors including white, honey oak, natural and cherry finishes. The
table measures about 38 inches high by 35 inches wide by 20 inches deep.
There are two labels on one of the rails of the changing table. One
label is gold and reads in part "Child Craft Industries" and the other
label is stamped in black ink and reads in part "FoppsPedretti, Made in
Italy."
Department and specialty stores nationwide, including Sears and
Burlington Coat Factory, sold the changing tables from August 1998
through April 2001 for about $150.
Consumers should stop using the recalled changing tables
immediately and call Child Craft at (866) 423-3114 between 8:30a.m. and
5:30 p.m. ET Monday through Friday to receive information on
participating in this recall. Consumers also can visit the firm's
website at www.childcraftind.com.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission protects the public from
unreasonable risks of injury or death from 15,000 types of consumer
products under the agency's jurisdiction. To report a dangerous product
or a product-related injury, call CPSC's hotline at (800) 638-2772 or
CPSC's teletypewriter at (800) 638-8270, or visit CPSC's web site at
http://www.cpsc.gov/talk.html. For information on CPSC's fax-on-demand
service, call the above numbers or visit the web site at
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/103.html. To order a press release through
fax-on-demand, call (301) 504-0051 from the handset of your fax machine
and enter the release number. Consumers can obtain this release and
recall information at CPSC's web site at http://www.cpsc.gov.
