تحذير صدر من شركة أمريكية يحذر من أحد أنواع قفازات الأطفال (الرضع) بسبب إمكانية إنتزاع النقوش الموجودة و المثبتة بالغراء عليها مما قد يتسبب في إختناق الأطفال بها.
لا أدري إن كانت هذه النوعية بالذات موجودة في بلادنا لكن بالتأكيد هناك أنواع مماثلة توجب الإنتباه لها..
Nurses Choice Recalls Holiday Keepsake Newborn Mittens Due to Choking Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Name of Product: Newborn Keepsake Mittens
Units: About 4,700
Manufacturer: Nurses Choice Corp. of Wilmington, N.C.
Hazard: Decorations on the mittens can be pulled off, posing a choking hazard.
Incidents/Injuries: The company has received one report of a decoration falling off a mitten. No injuries have been reported.
Description: The infant mittens are made of white cotton. They have candy cane, teddy bear and "2011" decorations glued on one side.
Sold at: The recalled products were distributed by hospitals nationwide for free to newborns from October 2010 to January 2011.
Manufactured in: United States
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the mittens and contact Nurses Choice for a free replacement.
Consumer Contact: For more information, contact Nurses Choice at (800) 747-7076 from Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET, by e-mail to
info@nurses-choice.com or visit the company's website at
www.nurses-choice.com
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml11/11128.html