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CPSC admits record crib recall not fast enough

By Staff and Wire Reports
Published: 11/25/2009 4:52 AM
Last Modified: 11/25/2009 4:52 AM

The head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Jim Moore, on Tuesday promised swift action to get dangerous products off the market, acknowledging that the agency didn't move quickly enough on a record recall of more than 2 million cribs linked to four deaths.

At issue are some 2.1 million drop-side cribs made by Stork Craft Manufacturing of Canada. Four infants suffocated in the cribs.

The recall involves 1.2 million cribs in the United States and almost 1 million in Canada, with possible hardware and assembly issues.

Sales of the cribs being recalled date back to 1993, and nearly 150,000 of the cribs carry the Fisher-Price logo.

Stork Craft insisted Tuesday that its cribs meet safety standards.

There have been 110 incidents of the drop-side detaching from the Stork Craft cribs, according to CPSC. By Staff and Wire Reports

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