Product Recall Number: 09-327

Product Recall Number: 09-327

Product Safety Warning Number:

Date: 2009-08-25

Product Safety Warning Date:

Name Of Product: Thermal Sailcloth and Matchstick Bamboo Roman Shades

Description: 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. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. This recall includes two styles of shades - Thermal Sailcloth and Matchstick Bamboo roman Shades - all have a small sewn-in label on the back that reads "home, Made in China." The shades measure about 64 inches long. The widths of the thermal shades are 23, 27, 31 and 35 inches and were sold in coffee, red, ivory and tan. The widths of the Matchstick roman shades are 23, 27, 31, 35 and 36 inches and are brown.

Hazard Description: Strangulations can occur when a child places his/her neck between the exposed inner cord and the fabric on the backside of the blind or when a child pulls the cord out and wraps it around his/her neck. Exposed operating cords can knot or tangle creating a strangulation loop.

Consumer Action: None Listed

Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed

Remedy Type: Repair

Units: About 163,000

Incidents: None reported.

Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled roman shades and contact Victoria Classics to receive a free repair kit.

Sold At:  Target stores and at Target.com nationwide from September 2008 through June 2009 for between $15 and $40.

Importers: None Listed

Manufacturers: None Listed

Distributors: None Listed

Manufactured In: China

Custom Label: None Listed

Custom Field: None Listed