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Product Recall Number: 14-163

Why was FXR Factory Racing Children's jackets and hoodies recalled?

Drawstrings can become entangled or caught on playground slides, hand rails, school bus doors or other moving objects, posing a significant strangulation and/or entanglement hazard to children. In February 1996, CPSC issued guidelines about drawstrings in children's upper outerwear. In 1997, those guidelines were incorporated into a voluntary standard. Then, in July 2011, based on the guidelines and voluntary standard, CPSC issued a federal regulation. CPSC's actions demonstrate a commitment to help prevent children from strangling or getting entangled on neck and waist drawstrings in upper outerwear, such as jackets and sweatshirts.

FXR Factory Racing Children's jackets and hoodies
Here's product recall specific data for FXR Factory Racing Children's jackets and hoodies.

  • Product Recall Number: 14-163

  • Product Safety Warning Number:

  • Date: 2014-04-29

  • Product Safety Warning Date:

  • Name Of Product: FXR Factory Racing Children's jackets and hoodies

  • Description: A child can strangle if the drawstring in the jacket's hood gets caught on the playground slide, school bus door or elsewhere.

  • Hazard Description: Drawstrings can become entangled or caught on playground slides, hand rails, school bus doors or other moving objects, posing a significant strangulation and/or entanglement hazard to children. In February 1996, CPSC issued guidelines about drawstrings in children's upper outerwear. In 1997, those guidelines were incorporated into a voluntary standard. Then, in July 2011, based on the guidelines and voluntary standard, CPSC issued a federal regulation. CPSC's actions demonstrate a commitment to help prevent children from strangling or getting entangled on neck and waist drawstrings in upper outerwear, such as jackets and sweatshirts.

  • Consumer Action: None Listed

  • Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed

  • Remedy Type: Refund

  • Units: About 420 in the U.S. and 34,357 in Canada

  • Incidents: None reported

  • Remedy: Consumers should immediately remove the drawstring from the garment to eliminate the hazard or return the garment to the place of purchase for a full refund.

  • Sold At: U.S. Snowmobile Dealers and on the firm's website www.fxrracing.com  between August 2008 through January 2014 for about $50 to $110. 

  • Importers: None Listed

  • Manufacturers: None Listed

  • Distributors: None Listed

  • Manufactured In: China

  • Custom Label: None Listed

  • Custom Field: None Listed

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