Consumer Product Recalls

Hazard: Touching parts of the overheated hydraulic equipment can increase the risk of burn injuries.

Hazard: Incorrect weight information on the certification label could lead to overloading the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.

Hazard: Without registration information, owners may not receive a recall notice, prolonging use of a recalled tire and increasing the risk of a crash.

Hazard: The recalled baby loungers violate the mandatory safety standard for Infant Sleep Products. The sides are too low to contain an infant and the enclosed openings at the foot of the loungers are wider than allowed, posing serious risks of fall and entrapment hazards to infants. In addition, the baby loungers do not have a stand, posing a fall hazard if used on elevated surfaces. These violations create an unsafe sleeping environment and can cause death or serious injury to infants.

Hazard: The pedal axle can crack, causing the pedal to detach from the crank, posing a fall hazard to the rider.

Hazard: The chargers can explode while in use, posing a fire and burn hazard.

Hazard: The recalled toy kits violate the mandatory standard for toys containing button cell batteries because the compartment that holds the batteries can be easily accessed and opened by children, posing a deadly ingestion hazard to children. When button cell and coin batteries are swallowed, the ingested batteries can cause serious injuries, internal chemical burns and death.

Hazard: If the chandelier is hung at an angle on a vaulted ceiling or a sloped beam, the chandelier's canopy hardware can break, causing the chandelier to detach and fall from the ceiling, posing an impact hazard.

Hazard: The recalled pounding toys violate the mandatory standard for toys because they contain high-powered magnets, which can detach, posing an ingestion hazard to children. When high-powered magnets are swallowed, the ingested magnets can attract each other, or other metal objects, and become lodged in the digestive system. This can result in perforations, twisting and/or blockage of the intestines, blood poisoning, and death.

Hazard: The recalled bed rails violate the mandatory standard for adult portable bed rails because, when the bed rails are attached to a bed, users can become entrapped within the bed rail or between the bed rail and the side of the mattress, posing a serious entrapment hazard and risk of death by asphyxiation. In addition, the bed rails do not bear the required hazard warning labels.

Hazard: The recalled dressers are unstable if they are not anchored to the wall, posing tip-over and entrapment hazards that can result in risks of serious injuries or death to children. The dressers violate the mandatory standard as required by the STURDY Act.

Hazard: The recalled bed rails violate the mandatory standard for adult portable bed rails because when the bed rails are attached to a bed, users can become entrapped within the bed rail or between the bed rail and the side of the mattress, posing a serious entrapment hazard and risk of death by asphyxiation. In addition, the bed rails do not bear the required hazard warning labels.

Hazard: The recalled dressers are unstable if they are not anchored to the wall, posing tip-over and entrapment hazards that can result in a risk of serious injuries or death to children. The dressers violate the mandatory standard as required by the STURDY Act.

Hazard: The recalled bath seats violate the mandatory standard for infant bath seats because they are unstable and can tip over while in use, and have leg openings that allow the child to slip down until the child's torso can become entrapped, posing a risk of serious injury or death due to drowning and entrapment.

Hazard: The pajama pants and shorts violate the mandatory standards for flammability of children's sleepwear, posing a risk of burn injuries to children.

Hazard: The recalled padded crib bumpers violate the federal ban on crib bumpers because they can obstruct an infant's breathing, posing a risk of serious injury or death, due to suffocation. This creates an unsafe sleeping environment for infants. Padded crib bumpers are banned by the federal Safe Sleep for Babies Act.

Hazard: The recalled gates violate the mandatory standard for expansion gates and expandable enclosures because a child's torso can fit through the opening between the gate and the floor, becoming entrapped, posing a risk of serious injury or death.

Hazard: Pieces from the recalled leaf vacuums can come loose inside the unit, or debris can pierce the chute, resulting in material ejecting and posing a laceration hazard to users and bystanders.

Hazard: The recalled bed rails violate the mandatory standard for adult portable bed rails because when the bed rails are attached to a bed, users can become entrapped within the bed rail or between the bed rail and the side of the mattress, posing a serious entrapment hazard and risk of death by asphyxiation.

Hazard: Manufacturing deviation in which the ferrites specified for the USB cable assembly linking the Nurse Monitor touchscreen to the System Controller were not installed as intended. The omission of the ferrites on the USB communication cable results in non-conformance to the design specifications, which require two ferrites (one at each end of the cable).

Hazard: Retroactive: Ultrasound may experience an unexpected automatic reboot, resulting in damage to transducer.

Hazard: Vaginal/rectal ultrasound probe covers with a viral barrier may have product defects, which may result in contamination during use, posing an infection risk.

Hazard: Butyrate tube cracks during actuation, rendering product unusable.

Hazard: Reason for the voluntary recall is some products in this lot are not passing through a 25ga cannula smoothly.

Hazard: Lack of Remote Interlock Connector - required per 21 CFR 1040.10(f)(3)

Hazard: Foreign material.

Hazard: Unapproved color additive - chlorophyllin copper complex

Hazard: Potential contamination due to leachable lead.

Hazard: Failed Tablet/Capsule Specifications: Product complaint received that some tablets had a dent on the plain side of the tablet surface.

Hazard: Defective container: Preferred Pharmaceuticals received a letter from the manufacturer Glenmark, that the blister packs are not fully sealed and tablets falling out. Preferred Pharmaceuticals purchased the finished product and repackaged the product for sale.