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Our severity:HighCPSC·85019·Announced 1985-04-18

Bernard Chaus Recalls Ladies Active Sweatshirts for Flammability Hazard

Bernard Chaus is recalling approximately 16,000 ladies active sweatshirts because they fail to meet federal flammability requirements for general wearing apparel.

What this means for you

Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 3/5 (High).

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a risk-of-harm product (flammability failure) where injury has not yet been reported, which corresponds to a High severity score of 3 according to the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Bernard Chaus, Inc. is voluntarily recalling approximately 16,000 units of ladies active sweatshirts. The recalled items are identified as styles 45F70, 54507, and 65402. These sweatshirts were imported from Sri Lanka and sold nationwide in the United States.

The recall was initiated because testing showed that the sweatshirts fail to meet the flammability requirement for general wearing apparel before and after washing. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Bernard Chaus, Inc. have not reported any known incidents or injuries associated with these products.

The recalled sweatshirts are made of 100% cotton and feature a neck label tag reading "CHAUS RN 51323". They were sold for between $30.00 and $40.00 from August 1984 through February 1985. Consumers who purchased these items should return them to the retail store where they were bought to receive a full refund.

The recalled product

Product
Ladies active sweatshirts
Manufacturer
Bernard Chaus
Category
Consumer Product — Clothing
Hazard

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

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