Fourth Little Pig Baby-Minder Bean Bag Infant Cushions Recalled for Suffocation Risk
Fourth Little Pig is recalling Baby-Minder bean bag infant cushions due to a suffocation risk. Consumers are urged to stop using and discard the products immediately.
What this means for you
Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 4/5 (Severe).
The hazard poses a serious risk of illness, injury, or structural failure. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.
Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a suffocation hazard with reported fatalities (19 infants) on similar products, meeting the rubric criteria for 'Severe' (significant injury/property-damage reports or structural defect risk).
Plain-English summary
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Fourth Little Pig are voluntarily recalling Baby-Minder bean bag infant cushions because of a suffocation risk. The product is a fabric-covered, polystyrene pellet-filled cushion with restraining straps intended for use with infants. The manufacturer's name and address, along with patent and registry numbers, appear on a paper tag stitched into a seam of the product, and the Fourth Little Pig name is on a smaller tag containing washing instructions.
Although no deaths have been reported involving the Baby-Minder specifically, the CPSC has received reports of 19 infants being found dead lying face down on similar products made by other firms. Approximately 3,000 Baby-Minder cushions have been sold since 1985 for approximately $40 each. The firm is out of business.
The CPSC staff urges consumers who own these products to stop using them immediately. Consumers should discard or destroy these products.
The recalled product
- Product
- Fourth Little Pig Baby-Minder bean bag infant cushions
- Manufacturer
- Fourth Little Pig
- Hazard
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
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