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Consumer product recall

Skip Hop Recalls Moonlight & Melodies Projection Crib Mobiles

Starting date:
December 16, 2015
Posting date:
December 16, 2015
Type of communication:
Consumer Product Recall
Subcategory:
Children's Products
Source of recall:
Health Canada
Issue:
Fall Hazard
Audience:
General Public
Identification number:
RA-56338

Joint recall with Health Canada, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (US CPSC) and Skip Hop Inc. 

Affected products

Skip Hop Moonlight & Melodies projection crib mobiles

Product description

This recall includes the Skip Hop Moonlight & Melodies projection crib mobiles. The mobile has a white plastic arm that attaches to the side of a crib with four blinking, glowing leaves with stuffed animal attachments. The mobile also has a projector on the top of the mobile that projects stars on the ceiling and plays eight nursery lullabies. The dangling stuffed animals on the mobile include a yellow and gray giraffe, a green turtle with a gray and white polka-dot shell, a brown and tan monkey and a gray and white striped owl. The mobiles measure 44.5 centimeters long by 35.5 centimeters wide by 56 centimeters tall. SKIP HOP and the model number 185509 are printed on the back of the mobile base.

Hazard identified

The strap attaching the product to the crib rail can break, posing an injury hazard if the product falls on the infant in the crib.

Health Canada has not received any reports of consumer incidents or injuries to Canadians related to the use of this product.

Skip Hop has received 8 reports of the strap attaching the mobile to the crib breaking, including 3 from Canadian consumers. No injuries have been reported.

Number sold

Approximately 850 units were in Canada at Buy Buy Baby and other independent juvenile specialty stores nationwide and online at Amazon.com and skiphop.com. Approximately 3,500 units were sold in the United States.

Time period sold

The recalled products were sold from July to November 2015 in Canada and the United States.

Place of origin

Manufactured in China.

Companies

Distributor
Skip Hop, Inc.
New York
New York
UNITED STATES
Manufacturer
Winfield Industrial Ltd.
CHINA

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What you should do

Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled mobiles and contact Skip Hop to receive instructions on receiving a full refund.

Contact Skip Hop toll-free at 1-877-475-4746 Monday thru Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, by email or online  and click on "Recall" at the bottom of the page under "Customer Care" for more information.

Consumers may view the release by the US CPSC on the Commission's website.

Please note that the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act prohibits recalled products from being redistributed, sold or even given away in Canada.

Health Canada would like to remind Canadians to report any health or safety incidents related to the use of this product or any other consumer product or cosmetic by filling out the Consumer Product Incident Report Form.

This recall is also posted on the OECD Global Portal on Product Recalls website. You can visit this site for more information on other international consumer product recalls.