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Product recalls
Friday, June 05, 2009

Strollers

Bugaboo North America Inc. is recalling about 22,500 Bugaboo Bee Strollers.

One or both sides of the brakes can fail, causing a stroller to unexpectedly roll away on an incline. This can pose a risk of injury to the child occupant.

Bugaboo has received 121 reports of the stroller's brakes failing. No injuries have been reported.

Bugaboo Bee strollers have item code 580210 on a label on the back of the seat and item code 50100 on a label on the plastic support under the seat. The strollers were sold in blue, dark khaki, pink, red, yellow and black. "bugaboo(r) bee" is printed on the left side of the seat.

Juvenile product retailers nationwide and various Web sites sold the strollers from August 2007 through April 2009 for about $530.

Consumers should contact Bugaboo to receive a free repair kit. To order the bracket kit, go to www.bugaboo.com and fill in the special order form or contact Bugaboo customer service.

For more information, contact Bugaboo at 1-800-460-2922, visit the firm's Web site at www.bugaboo.com, or e-mail the firm at bugaboobee-service@bugaboo.com.

Children's loungewear

Warm Biscuit Bedding Co. is recalling about 9,500 children's loungewear garments.

The loungewear garments fail to meet children's sleepwear federal flammability standards, which require sleepwear, including loungewear, to be either snug-fitting or flame resistant.

This recall involves loungewear sets for children described as "Lounge-Around-the-Housewear," "Lounge-About-Housewear" or "Short Sets." The garments were sold in a variety of styles, colors and printed fabrics. They were sold in sizes S (1-2 yr), M (2-3 yr), L (3-4 yr), XL (4-5 yr), 6 yr, 7 yr and 8 yr. All of the garments have a label on the inside that says: "These garments do NOT comply with the Federal Flammability Standards and therefore are not suitable for sleepwear." The style numbers are 301101, 301102 and 301103 and are located on the packaging.

Warm Biscuit Bedding's catalogs and Web site sold the outfits from January 2000 through March 2009 for $39 to $45.

Consumers should contact Warm Biscuit Bedding to receive a store credit. Warm Biscuit Bedding can be reached at 1-800-231-4231 between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. or at the firm's Web site, www.warmbiscuit.com. Consumers also can write to: Warm Biscuit Bedding Company, 140 Fulton Street, New York, NY 10038.

Visit U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission online at www.cpsc.gov.
First published on June 5, 2009 at 12:00 am