Consumerist
The 425,000 play yards that were recalled yesterday were recalled because of a design flaw that caused the strangulation of a 10-month-old boy.
A safety commission spokesperson told Bloomberg:
"This is not a made-in-China issue," a safety commission spokeswoman, Patty Davis, said in a telephone interview. "This is a defect in the design of the product by the U.S. company."Kolcraft, the designers of the cribs, say that the death was caused by "misuse" of the play yard, which carried a warning against leaving infants alone in the product while the changing table was in place.
Baby Furniture Maker Recalls Playpens [NYT]
Kolcraft Recalls Play Yards After the Death of a 10-Month-Old Child [CPSC]
