TARGET EXPANDS RECALL OF CHILD BOOSTER SEATS FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF FALLS

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June 15, 2011 (Washington D.C.) -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. 

Name of Product: Circo Child Booster Seats
Units: About 375,000 (43,000 additional booster seats were recalled in August 2009)
 
Importer: Target, of Minneapolis, Minn. 
 
Hazard: The booster seat’s restraint buckle can open unexpectedly, allowing a child to fall from the chair and be injured. 
 
Incidents/Injuries: Target has received 10 additional reports of booster seat buckles opening unexpectedly, including three reports of bumps and/or bruises when a child fell forward out of the booster seat, hitting an object or the floor. 
 
Description: The expanded recall involves all Circo Booster Seats, including those sold as early as 2005. The plastic booster seats are blue with green trim and a white plastic restraint buckle. They attach to an adult chair to boost a child to a table. “Circo” and “Booster Seat” can be found on a green label located in the front of the booster seat.
 
Sold exclusively at: Target stores nationwide from January 2005 through June 2009 for about $13.
 
Manufactured in: China 
 
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled booster seats and return them to any Target store for a full refund. 
 
Firm's Recall Hotline: (800) 440-0680
 
CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
 
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908 
 
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Target at (800) 440-0680 between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. CT Monday through Friday, or visit the firm’s website at www.target.com
 
 

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