Seven Manufacturers Announce Crib Recall

The U.S Consumer Product Safety Commission, along with seven firms, announced a voluntary recall of more than two million drop-side and some fixed-side cribs late last week in order to minimize entrapment, suffocation and fall hazards.

The recalled cribs were manufactured between 2000 and 2009 by Child Craft, Delta Enterprise Corp., Evenflo, Jardine Enterprise, LaJobi, Million Dollar Baby and Simmons Juvenile Products Inc. The companies are supplying consumers with repair kits and immobilization kits for the drop-side cribs to remedy the associated issues.

According to the CPSC, their staff is working on new crib safety standards that should be completed within the year.

Any consumer with an affected crib can visit the CPSC's site or the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association web site for information on participating companies and downloadable materials.

Nine million drop-side cribs have been recalled throughout the past five years. According to the CPSC, drop-side cribs generally are less structurally sound than cribs with four fixed sides. The CPSC recommends not using any crib older than 10 years.

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