[CPSC] Overview of CPSC notifications on recalls in March 2017

Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recalls 29 batches of products in March 2017. There are 7 batches of Chinese products, accounting for 24.14%.
Based on our statistics, the Chinese products notified through the CPSC in March were as below:

SN	Date	Name	Manufactured in	Remedies	Hazards
1	31/03/2017	Black+Decker portable table saws	China	Replace	The table saw stand can collapse unexpectedly, posing laceration and impact injury hazards to the operator.
2	30/03/2017	Infant caps	China	Refund	The button on the top of the infant cap can detach, posing a choking hazard.
3	30/03/2017	humangear capCAP bottle caps	China	Refund	The capCAP can leak, dislodge or come off, posing a burn hazard to consumers when the bottles are used to hold hot liquids.
4	30/03/2017	Whiskware™ glass dressing shaker bottles	China	Replace	The bottom of the glass dressing shaker bottle can break when the metal agitator strikes the glass bottom, posing a laceration hazard.
5	29/03/2017	Bricolo by Janod ® Push toy trolleys	China	Repair	The toy trolleys can tip backwards, posing an impact injury hazard to children.
6	29/03/2017	Magnetic tic tac toe games	China	Refund	The magnets can come off the tic tac toe game pieces, posing a choking hazard. In addition, when two or more magnets are swallowed, they can link together inside the intestines and clamp onto body tissues, causing intestinal obstructions, perforations, sepsis and death. Internal injury from magnets can pose serious lifelong health effects.
7	28/03/2017	Connectors sold with solar panels	China (connectors), U.S. (solar panels)	Replace	The connectors that are attached to the solar panels can develop microscopic cracks that allow moisture to leak into them while the system is producing electricity, posing an electrical shock hazard.
8	28/03/2017	Look Cycle road bikes and Aerostems	France and Switzerland	Repair	The stainless steel clamp that secures the stem to the handlebars can corrode and break, posing a fall and crash hazard.
9	24/03/2017	Gas station hose swivel connectors	China (Taiwan)	Replace	The swivel connectors can separate from the hose or nozzle of the gas station pump and cause fuel spillage, posing fire and explosion hazards.
10	23/03/2017	Self-balancing scooters/hoverboards	China	Repair	The lithium-ion battery packs in the self-balancing scooters/hoverboards can overheat, posing a risk of smoking, catching fire and/or exploding.
11	23/03/2017	Electric bicycles	Germany and Taiwan	Repair	The fork on the front wheel of the bicycles can rupture or break while in use, posing a fall hazard to the rider.
12	23/03/2017	LectroFan Sound Machines	China	Replace	The casing on the power adapter can break when plugged into an electrical outlet, exposing its metal prongs, posing an electrical shock hazard.
13	23/03/2017	Little Giant multipurpose ladders	China	Repair	The ladder’s locking pins/rung fasteners can fail, posing a fall hazard to consumers on the ladder.
14	22/03/2017	Environments™ brand children’s waterproof bibs	China	Refund	The bib has a waterproof plastic backing that can separate from the terry cloth fabric, creating a suffocation hazard to children.
15	21/03/2017	Sportsman 850 and 1000 all-terrain vehicles (ATVs)	U.S.	Repair	The right side panel heat shield can melt, posing burn and fire hazards to riders. In addition, in 2015 Sportsman 1000 ATVs, the exhaust springs can stretch and damage the exhaust seal, which can result in exhaust leaks and pose burn and fire hazards.
16	15/03/2017	Fuji bicycles	China and Taiwan	Replace	The rear wheel freehub can slip while pedaling, posing a fall hazard.
17	14/03/2017	Energizer® XBOX ONE 2X Smart Chargers	China	Refund	The battery chargers can overheat and damage the XBOX ONE video game controller, posing a burn hazard to consumers.
18	14/03/2017	Children’s robes and two-piece pajama sets	Peru	Refund	The children’s robes and pajama sets fail to meet federal flammability standards for children’s sleepwear, posing a risk of burn injuries to children.
19	10/03/2017	Firomatic® fusible safety valves	China	Refund and repair	The safety valve stem does not properly seal and shut off the flow of fuel, allowing fuel to leak and posing a fire hazard.
20	09/03/2017	Neely and Dahlia Bistro Chairs	China	Repair	The bolts and/or nuts connecting the chair legs to the chair base can loosen and make the chair unstable, posing a fall hazard to consumers.
21	09/03/2017	Girls’ hooded sweatshirts	China	Refund	The hooded sweatshirts have a drawstring in the hood, which poses a strangulation hazard to children. Drawstrings can become entangled or caught on playground slides, hand rails, school bus doors or other moving objects, posing a significant strangulation or an entanglement hazard to children.
22	07/03/2017	Snowshoes and snowshoe packages	China (Taiwan)	refund	The plastic material on the snowshoes can weaken and break during use, posing a fall hazard to users.
23	07/03/2017	Craftsman portable table saws	China	Replace	The table saw’s stand can collapse unexpectedly, posing laceration and impact injury hazards to the operator.
24	02/03/2017	Oball Rattles	China	Refund	The clear plastic disc on the outside of the ball can break, releasing small beads, posing a choking hazard to young children.
25	02/03/2017	Air handlers	U.S.	Repair	The pull-out disconnects may not disable power to the air handler, posing an electrical shock hazard to individuals servicing the units.
26	02/03/2017	Ryobi Electric Jet Fan Blowers	China	Replace	The plastic fan inside the blower can break causing the fan blades to be discharged from either end of the blower tube, posing a laceration hazard.
27	02/03/2017	Polaris recreational off-highway vehicles (ROVs)	Mexico and U.S.	Repair	The vehicle engine can misfire and the temperatures of the exhaust and nearby components can get too hot and cause the components to melt, and/or a contaminated brake master cylinder may cause unintended brake drag, posing burn and fire hazards.
28	01/03/2017	Metal Halide Lamps	United States	Replace	The outer bulbs can shatter, resulting in hot internal pieces of glass falling from the lamps, posing fire and laceration hazards.
29	01/03/2017	Glass knobs	India	Refund	The glass knobs can break while in use, posing a risk of laceration to users from broken pieces.

Accompanying remedies (refund, replacement and repair) are taken for such notifications.
As notified on the CPSC website, some customers have already got injured due to the potential hazards.

So it is important to track the recalls of products to ensure consumers’ legitimate interests and rights. C&K Testing hereby reminds related enterprises to enhance the product quality by learning more about the potential hazards of their product categories.

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