Fisher-Price is recalling parts of over 2 million infant swings across the US, Canada, and Mexico due to a serious suffocation risk, following reports of five infant deaths. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission warned that all models of Fisher-Price's Snuga Swings should never be used for sleep or have bedding materials added. The products' headrest and seat pad body support insert can increase risks of suffocation, the notice said. There have been five reports of deaths involving infants between 1 to 3 months old when the product was used for sleep, reports the AP. In most of those incidents, which took place from 2012 to 2022, bedding material was added to the product and the babies were unrestrained.
Consumers are urged to immediately cut off the headrest and remove the body-support insert before continuing to use the swing. Fisher-Price, a division of California toy giant Mattel, is providing a $25 refund to consumers who remove and destroy those parts of the product. Instructions can be found on Mattel's recall website. CPSC Commissioner Richard L. Trumka Jr. slammed Fisher-Price for what he called a "flawed" recall, saying the remedy is not enough. The recall "is doomed to fail and will keep many babies in harm's way," Trumka stated. He criticized Fisher-Price for only recalling a portion of the product and offering consumers a fraction of the $160 they originally spent.
"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 still be unsafe for infant sleep," Trumka added. He also argued that Fisher-Price was repeating past failures—pointing to previous infant deaths related to the brand's "Rock 'n Play" and "Newborn-to-Toddler Rockers." "Fisher-Price should know better than to skimp on another recall," Trumka stated. The Fisher-Price Snuga Swings under recall were sold at major retailers—including Amazon, Walmart, Toys R Us, and Target—across North America between October 2010 and January 2024. About 2.1 million swings were sold in the US, 99,000 in Canada, and another 500 in Mexico.
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