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Infant Caps Recalled by Sock and Accessory Brands Due to Choking Hazard


WASHINGTON, March 30, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2017/Infant-Capts-Recalled-by-Sock-and-Accesory-Brands

Recall Summary

Name of Product: Infant caps

Hazard: The button on the top of the infant cap can detach, posing a choking hazard.

Remedy: Refund

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1973 and charged with protecting the American public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from more than 15,000 types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury, call the CPSC hotline at 1-800-638-2772, or visit http://www.saferproducts.gov. Further recall information is available at http://www.cpsc.gov.

Consumers should immediately take the infant caps away from young children and contact the firm to receive a full refund, including shipping cost.

Consumer Contact: Sock and Accessory Brands Global toll-free at 877-429-7637 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or online at www.wearsabg.com and click on Infant Cap Recall icon on top of home page for more information.

Recall Details

Units: About 14,500 (in addition, about 50 were sold in Canada)

Description: This recall involves John Deere gray infant baseball caps with a green tractor design. The caps were sold in one size (infant 6-12 months). Style number "JSH721HF " and manufacture date 11/2016 are printed on the sewn in care label inside the back of the caps.   

Incidents/Injuries: None reported 

Sold at: Tractor Supply Company and farm and ranch stores nationwide from January 2017 through March 2017 for between $10 and $16.  

Importer/Distributor: Sock and Accessory Brands Global, of Advance, N.C.    

Manufactured in: China

Note: Health Canada's press release is available at http://healthycanadians.gc.ca/recall-alert-rappel-avis/hc-sc/2017/62816r-eng.php

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