- The company warned that swings should not be used for a baby to sleep
Mattel-owned Fisher-Price has begun a partial recall of more than 2 million Snuga baby swings due to a suffocation risk after five children died sleeping in the device.
The alert was issued on October 10 in cooperation with the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Health Canada.
The Mattel company detailed that between 2012 and 2022, five deaths of babies between 1 and 3 months of age, who were placed in swings to sleep, were reported. The agency noted that in most incidents children were not secured and bedding items had been placed on the swing.
“The swing should never be used for sleeping and bedding should never be added to it. If the product is used for sleeping or if bedding items are added, the headrest and seat cushion support may increase the risk of suffocation,” the company said in the letter.
How to identify the product that will be withdrawn from the market?
The Snuga Swing product is a baby swing with side and front-to-back swing movements. The swing can rotate 90 degrees, offers two backrest positions, and folds flat for storage.
In the statement, Mattel mentioned the 21 Snuga swing models that will be recalled. The product number can be found on the side of the swing motor housing.
The complete list of models and product numbers is also available on the website from the CPSC. This agency details that approximately 2.1 million swings were sold in the United States, around 99 thousand swings in Canada and at least 500 swings in Mexico.
Parents and caregivers should never use products with inclined seats, such as swings, rocking chairs, pacifiers, and rocking chairs, for babies to sleep in and should not leave babies in these products unsupervised, unrestrained, or with bedding due to the risk of suffocation,” the commission stressed.
The CPSC noted that consumers who decide to keep the swing should immediately remove both the headrest (by cutting the strap) and the body support insert from the seat pad before continuing to use the device. Fisher-Price will provide a $25 refund to consumers who remove and destroy the headrest and body support insert.
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Despite the measures taken, Richard Trumka Jr., commissioner of the CPSC, criticized Fisher-Price for not recalling all the product and mentioned that customers should receive a full refund, according to the report. CNN.
“I believe the poor recall that Fisher-Price is announcing today is doomed to fail and will keep many babies in danger. My advice: get your $25 refund and then throw this product away; “Do not keep it in your homes because even after the so-called ‘repair’, this product will continue to be unsafe for children’s sleep,” he stressed.
Fisher-Price has recalled other baby swings, including the Rock ‘n Play Sleepers. This device was involved in two recalls, including in 2023, when eight infant deaths occurred after its initial recall in 2019.
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