Fisher-Price recalls 2 million baby swings after 5 deaths
The Straits Times|October 15, 2024
After at least five infants died while sleeping in a product made by Fisher-Price, the company has recalled more than two million units of the product, the Snuga Swing, because it poses a suffocation risk, according to the recall.
Fisher-Price recalls 2 million baby swings after 5 deaths

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission and Fisher-Price announced the recall on Oct 10. There were reports that five infants, who were a month to three months old, had died between 2012 and 2022 while the product was being used for sleep, the recall said.

“In most of those incidents, the infants were unrestrained and bedding materials were added to the product,” it said.

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