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August 28, 2008
CPSC uses new authority against defiant manufacturer of dangerous bassinets after another tragic death
Yesterday, the CPSC issued an imminent hazard warning after SFCA, the new owner of previously recalled [Oct 2007]Simplicity bassinets, refused to participate in a voluntary recall. This is the second strangulation death CPSC has learned of in the co-sleeper bassinets. On September 29, 2007, a 4-month-old girl from Noel, Mo. became entrapped in the metal bars of the bassinet and died. CPSC is issuing this safety alert because SFCA Inc., the company which purchased all of Simplicity Inc.’s assets at public auction in April 2008, has refused to cooperate with the government and recall the products. SFCA maintains that it is not responsible for products previously manufactured by Simplicity Inc. The CPSC went on to say that it was "using its new authorities in the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, to release this warning upon making a finding that the health and safety of the public require immediate notice." Here is the story yesterday at Consumeraffairs.com. I hope Wal-Mart (mentioned in this story) and other retailers have stopped selling these products, since being notified of the imminent hazard warning. And I assure readers, if SFCA's defense somehow prevails in court, that the Congress will be quick with a technical correction to the new law.
Posted by Ed Mierzwinski at August 28, 2008 02:36 PM
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