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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
Company Phone Number: (800) 242-1922 |
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December 8, 1997 |
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Release # 98-037 |
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), MTS Products Inc. of Santa Clarita, Calif., is recalling over 18,200 J. Mason infant carriers. The carrier's handle can break causing the carrier to fall. Infants can be injured from the fall.
CPSC and MTS have received seven reports of handles breaking, resulting in infants sustaining bruises, scratches and cuts.
The white plastic infant carrier comes with a fabric seat pad and matching removable sun shade canopy. The fabric comes in the following designs: 1) multicolored fabric (pink, blue, white and green) with a geometric pattern 2) light blue fabric with white squiggly lines, or 3) light blue fabric with pink and purple patterns. "J. MASON" is imprinted on the handle, which can be used to convert the carrier to a rocking or feeding position. "MADE IN U.S.A." is imprinted on the bottom of the carrier and there is a red sticker on the bottom of the carrier that reads, "Warning Do Not Use As A Car Seat." The products are packaged in cardboard boxes with the following UPC codes: 0-26669-08249-2, 0-26669-08252-2 or 0-26669-08253-9.
Kmart, Rose and State Enterprises stores nationwide sold the infant carriers from April 1996 through August 1997 for about $20.
Consumers should stop using these infant carriers immediately and call MTS at (800) 242-1922 between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. PST Monday through Friday to receive a free replacement infant carrier.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products under the agency’s jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually. CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical or mechanical hazard. CPSC's work to help ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters and household chemicals -– contributed to a decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 40 years.
Federal law bars any person from selling products subject to a publicly-announced voluntary recall by a manufacturer or a mandatory recall ordered by the Commission.
To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury go online to www.SaferProducts.gov or call CPSC's Hotline at 800-638-2772 or teletypewriter at 301-595-7054 for the hearing impaired. Consumers can obtain news release and recall information at www.cpsc.gov, on Twitter @USCPSC or by subscribing to CPSC's free e-mail newsletters.
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