The waist belt poses a risk of entrapment
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Children’s Apparel Network of New York, N.Y., is recalling about 9,200 girl’s three-piece clothing sets.
The vest sold with these sets has a belt at the waist that could become snagged or caught in small spaces or vehicle doors, posing an entanglement hazard. No incidents or injuries have been reported.
In February 1996, CPSC issued guidelines about drawstrings in children's upper outerwear, which were incorporated into a voluntary standard in 1997. Then, in July 2011, based on the guidelines and voluntary standard, CPSC issued a federal regulation. Designed yo prevent children from strangling or getting entangled on neck and waist drawstrings in upper outerwear, such as jackets and sweatshirts.
This recall involves girl’s “Young Hearts” brand three-piece clothing sets. The sets were sold with a pink vest, black pullover shirt and knit pants in sizes 12 months to 6X. “Young Hearts” is printed on a label inside the shirt collar. The pink vest has a black bow applique on the left front and a pink elastic belt with silver clasps.
The garments, manufactured in China, were sold at Conway, Citi Trends, Duckwall-Alco and other children’s apparel stores nationwide and online at Amazon.com from September 2012 to December 2012 for about $40.
Consumers should immediately remove the belt from the vest to eliminate the hazard, or return the set to the store where purchased for a full refund.
Consumers may contact Children’s Apparel Network at (800) 919-1917 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET Monday through Friday.