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NEWS from CPSC

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

Office of Information and Public Affairs

Washington, DC 20207

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 7, 2009

Release #09-213

 

Firm's Recall Hotline: (888) 683-0063

CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772

CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908

 

Children's Hooded Jackets with Drawstrings Recalled by Jason Evans Associates

Due to Strangulation Hazard

 

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation

with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following

consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately

unless otherwise instructed.

 

Name of Product: Children's Hooded Jackets

 

Units: About 1,300

 

Importer: Jason Evans Assoc. LLC, of Hewlett, N.Y.

 

Hazard: The jackets have a drawstring through the hood which can pose a

strangulation hazard to children. In February 1996, CPSC issued guidelines (pdf)

to help prevent children from strangling or getting entangled on the neck and

waist drawstrings in upper garments, such as jackets or sweatshirts.

 

Incidents/Injuries: None reported.

 

Description: The recalled children's jacket has a drawstring through the hood.

They were sold in boy sizes 4, 5, 6 and 7 in colors black/grey. The RN number

30842 printed in the center back neck and style number 1708 is printed on the

hangtag on the center back neck.

 

Sold by: Burlington Coat Factory from September 2006 through April 2009 for

about $17.

 

Manufactured in: Pakistan

 

Remedy: Consumers should immediately remove the drawstrings from the jackets to

eliminate the hazard or return the garment to either the place of purchase or to

Jason Evans Associates for a full refund.

 

Consumer Contact: For additional information, please contact Jason Evans

Associates toll-free at (888) 683-0063 between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday

through Thursday.

 

To see this recall on CPSC's web site, including a picture of the recalled

product, please go to:

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09213.html

 

 

 

 

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CPSC is still interested in receiving incident or injury reports that are either

directly related to this product recall or involve a different hazard with the

same product. Please tell us about it: https://www.cpsc.gov/cgibin/incident.aspx

 

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the

public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from thousands of

types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. The CPSC is

committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire,

electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard or can injure children. The CPSC's

work to ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power

tools, cigarette lighters, and household chemicals - contributed significantly

to the 30 percent decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with

consumer products over the past 30 years.

 

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. To join a CPSC

email subscription list, please go to www.cpsc.gov/cpsclist.aspx. Consumers can

obtain this release and recall information at CPSC's Web site at www.cpsc.gov.