Hooey Recalls Children's Sweatshirts with Drawstrings Due to Strangulation Hazard

Recalled November 12, 2019 · CPSC recall 20018 · Hooey

Examples of recalled youth sweatshirts with drawstrings

Examples of recalled youth sweatshirt with drawstrings

Hazard

A drawstring in the sweatshirt hood poses a strangulation hazard to children. Drawstrings can become entangled or caught on playground slides, hand rails, school bus doors or other moving objects, posing a significant strangulation hazard to children.

Remedy

Repair

Units

About 6,600 (In addition, 520 were sold in Canada)

Incidents / injuries

None reported

Description

This recall involves 15 styles of youth-sized sweatshirts with the "Hooey" brand or logo and drawstrings in the hood. The sweatshirts are polyester and cotton. The sweatshirts generally have a single front pocket. They were sold in boys' and girls' sizes XS, S, M, L, XL. A white size label has the word "Hooey" and "Made in China" and is located at the center back neck of the sweatshirts. A label in the side seam has the garment care instructions.

What to do

Consumers should immediately take the recalled sweatshirts away from children and remove the drawstring to eliminate the hazard.

Contact

Hooey toll-free at 833-847-0829 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT Monday to Friday, email at [email protected], or online at https://getyourhooey.com/ and click on Product Safety for more information

Product

Hooey children's sweatshirts with drawstrings

Imported by

Hooey LLC, of Spring Branch, Texas

Retailers

Boot Barn, Orscheln's, Cavenders and other western wear apparel stores from September 2017 through October 2019 for about $45.

Made in

China

Source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Official recall notice on cpsc.gov →