Hooded sweatshirts, jackets sold at Burlington Coat Factory recalled due to strangulation hazard
March 18th, 2010 joshua
About 23,000 children’s hooded sweatshirts sold exclusively at Burlington Coat Factory have been recalled because they feature drawstrings which pose a strangulation hazard.
In 1996 the Consumer Product Safety Commission law recommended many drawstrings on children’s clothing be removed because of the likelihood a child will become entangled in the string, strangle themselves or suffocate to death. Drawstrings around the neck and waist of children’s clothing is almost non-existent since these acts were passed.
The most recent recall involves garments under the Kani Gold or Road Block label. They are distributed by Haselson International Trading Inc. and sold from July 2006 through September 2009 at Burlington Coat Factory stores nationwide. They cost between $6 and $30.
Children’s sweatshirts sold in sizes 4 through 7 and S (8) and M (10-12) were available in various colors and prints, according to a CPSC release. No injuries have been linked to these garments.












