2 million crib recall

In its ongoing effort to halt the use of dangerous drop-side cribs, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a 2 million crib recall involving seven companies including Evenflo, Child Craft and the maker of the Babi Italia line.

The crib companies and the number of cribs involved in these recalls are:

• Evenflo, 750,000 Jenny Lind models
• Delta Enterprise Corp., 747,000 drop-side plus every model that uses a wood stabilizer bar
• LaJobi, 306,000 Bonavita, Babi Italia and ISSI brand cribs
• Million Dollar Baby, 156,000
• Jardine Enterprises, 130,000 sold exclusively by Toys R Us/Babies R Us
• Simmons Juvenile Products Inc., 50,000
• Child Craft, two recalls involving drop-side and stationary side cribs (total unknown because the company is out of business.

The cribs involved in this set of recalls account for 250 incidents and 27 injuries to infants and toddlers that have been reported to the CPSC.  This string of recalls brings to 9 million the number of drop-side cribs recalled over the past five years.

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