The Recall Desk
HighCPSC·97015·Announced 1996-10-30

Graco Recalls Traditional Playards for Mesh Repair

Graco is offering free repair kits for about 133,000 traditional playards because the mesh may unravel, posing a choking or entanglement hazard.

What this means for you

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 (choking/entanglement) where injury has not yet been reported, fitting the High severity criteria.

Plain-English summary

Graco Children's Products Inc. is announcing a free repair kit for approximately 133,000 traditional style Graco playards, also known as playpens. The mesh on these playards, manufactured between November 1995 and September 1996, may unravel from the seam. This defect creates a possible choking or entanglement hazard for children.

Graco has received nine reports of toddlers unraveling a strand from the mesh and becoming entangled in it or mouthing it. No serious injuries resulted from these incidents. The recalled playards were sold nationwide in juvenile products and discount stores, including Toys R Us and Walmart, for prices ranging from $35 to $55 each.

To protect children from possible injury, Graco is offering a free, easily applied solution that prevents the mesh strands from unraveling. Consumers should call Graco at (800) 345-4109 for a free repair kit and application instructions, or write to Customer Affairs at P.O. Box 100, Elverson, PA 19520. Consumers should not use the playard if the netting has started to unravel.

The recalled product

Product
Graco traditional style childrens' playards
Manufacturer
Wal-Mart
Category
Consumer Product — Children's Furniture
Hazard

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

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