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Product Recall
Kyber Outerwear Recalls Children’s Sweaters Due to Strangulation Hazard
Children’s Animal-Themed Sweater
Children's Animal-themed Sweaters
Recall Date: July 28th, 2015
Type: Outerwear
Units: About 3,100
Hazards: 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.
Remedies: Refund
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
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.
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Children’s Animal-Themed Sweater
Children’s Animal-Themed Sweater
Children’s Animal-Themed Sweater
Children’s Animal-Themed Sweater
Consumer Contact:
Call Kyber collect at (613) 724-2579 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or email [email protected] 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.Injuries:
None reported.
Retailers:
Independent children’s stores nationwide and online from January 2010 through December 2013 for between $10 and $50.
Distributors:
Kyber Outerwear USA Corp., of Ogdensburg, NY
