Status: Recall found CPSC
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Hazard (from the official notice)
The sweaters have a drawstring around the neck area that poses a strangulation hazard to children.
Remedy (from the official notice)
Consumers should immediately take the recalled sweater away from kids and remove the drawstring, or return the sweater to Kyber Outerwear for a full credit for Kyber products.
Hazard (from the official notice)
The sweaters have a drawstring around the neck area that poses a strangulation hazard to children. 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.
Remedy (from the official notice)
Consumers should immediately take the recalled sweater away from kids and remove the drawstring, or return the sweater to Kyber Outerwear for a full credit for Kyber products.
Description (from the official notice)
These animal-themed, hooded children's sweaters are 100 percent wool when produced in Nepal and 50 percent wool and 50 percent acrylic when produced in Bangladesh. The sweaters have a tag sewn on the left seam several inches above the hem with the company name and the place of origin. The company name is also located on a patch on the left sleeve at the cuff and on a patch in the collar.
Remedy options (from the official notice)
Refund
Incidents and injuries (from the official notice)
None reported.
Where it was sold (from the official notice)
Independent children's stores nationwide and online from January 2010 through December 2013 for between $10 and $50.
Consumer contact (from the official notice)
Call Kyber collect at (613) 724-2579 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or email kyberouterwear@gmail.com or online at www.kyberouterwear.com and click on the link in the "Our Latest News" box in the bottom, left-hand corner of the homepage for more information.
- Product: Children's Animal-themed Sweaters
- Distributor: Kyber Outerwear USA Corp., of Ogdensburg, NY
- Units (from the official notice): About 3,100
- Manufacturer country (from the official notice): Nepal, Bangladesh
- Recall date: Jul 28, 2015
- Recall number: 15-198
Hazard and remedy text is shown word for word from the official notice.
