Product Recall Number: 17-014
Why was Trek Baby carriers recalled?
The carriers’ side strap can loosen unexpectedly from the buckle, posing a fall hazard to the child in the carrier.
Product Recall Number: 17-014
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2016-10-13
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: Trek Baby carriers
Description: This recall involves Chimparoo brand Trek baby carriers that allow the user to carry a baby tummy to tummy, on the hip or on the back. The 100% twill fabric carriers were sold in 18 solid, striped and pattern color combinations. The carriers attach to the wearer’s body with adjustable straps made of polypropylene webbing and plastic buckles. “Chimparoo” is printed on the upper right hand corner of the carrier. “Trek” is embroidered on the belt.
Hazard Description: The carriers’ side strap can loosen unexpectedly from the buckle, posing a fall hazard to the child in the carrier.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Repair
Units: About 130 (in addition, about 1,000 were sold in Canada)
Incidents: The firm has received one report of a strap loosening unexpectedly from the carrier’s side buckle. No injuries have been reported.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled baby carriers and contact Chimparoo for a free replacement buckle for the baby carrier’s side buckle.
Sold At: Children’s boutique stores, such as Granola Babies, of Costa Mesa, Calif., Eat/Sleep/Play, of Summerville, SC and Top to Bottom, of Omaha, Neb. and online at www.Amazon.com and www.Chimaparoo.ca from May 2016 through July 2016 for about $170.
Importers: None Listed
Manufacturers: L’echarpe Porte-bonheur Inc., of Canada
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: Canada
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed