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

Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recalls 29 batches of products in November 2017. There are 14 batches of Chinese products, accounting for 48.28%.

Based on our statistics, the Chinese products notified through the CPSC in November were as below:

S/N	Recall date	Name of product	Manufactured In	Hazard	Incidents/Injuries	Units	Recall number	Remedy
1	2017-11-01	Children’s pajamas	China	The children’s pajamas fail to meet the flammability standard for children’s sleepwear, posing a risk of burn injuries to children.	None reported	About 950	18-019	Refund
2	2017-11-03	Kid’s rain ponchos	China	A drawstring in the poncho’s hood 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 and/or entanglement hazard to children.	None reported	About 1300	18-023	Refund Repair
3	2017-11-07	Children’s bicycles with Samox cranksets	China	The cranks can bend or break during use, posing a fall hazard.	The firm has received four reports of the cranks bending or breaking. No injuries have been reported.	About 1,050 (In addition 1,750 were sold in Canada)	18-025	Replace
4	2017-11-14	Self-balancing scooters/hoverboards	China	The lithium-ion battery packs in the self-balancing scooters/hoverboards can overheat, posing a risk of the products smoking, catching fire and/or exploding.	The firm has received one report of a self-balancing scooter/hoverboard catching fire in Louisiana in 2017 resulting in approximately $40,000 of property damage to a consumer’s home. No injuries have been reported.	About 1000	18-032	Replace
5	2017-11-14	Self-balancing scooters/hoverboards	China	The lithium-ion battery packs in the self-balancing scooters/hoverboards can overheat, posing a risk of the products smoking, catching fire and/or exploding.	None reported	About 100	18-031	Replace
6	2017-11-14	Self-balancing scooters/hoverboards	China	The lithium-ion battery packs in the self-balancing scooters/hoverboards can overheat, posing a risk of the hoverboards smoking, catching fire and/or exploding.	The firm has received one report of the battery pack overheating and smoking. No injuries or property damage have been reported.	About 8700	18-030	Replace
7	2017-11-14	Self-balancing scooters/hoverboards	China	The lithium-ion battery packs in the self-balancing scooters/hoverboards can overheat, posing a risk of the products smoking, catching fire and/or exploding.	None reported	About 900	18-029	Replace
8	2017-11-14	Self-balancing scooters/hoverboards	China	The lithium-ion battery packs in the self-balancing scooters/hoverboards can overheat, posing a risk of the products smoking, catching fire and/or exploding.	Four Star Imports has received one report of a self-balancing scooter/hoverboard overheating. There have been no reports of injuries or property damage.	About 1800	18-028	Replace
9	2017-11-14	Self-balancing scooters/hoverboards	China	The lithium-ion battery packs in the self-balancing scooters/hoverboards can overheat, posing a risk of the products smoking, catching fire and/or exploding.	None reported	About 700	18-027	Refund
10	2017-11-14	Self-balancing scooters/hoverboards	China	The lithium-ion battery packs in the self-balancing scooters/hoverboards can overheat, posing a risk of smoking, catching fire and/or exploding.	The firm has received one report of a battery pack catching fire and/or exploding in Mississippi in 2017 resulting in property damage. No injuries have been reported.	About 700	18-034	Refund
11	2017-11-15	Fireworks	China	The recalled fireworks are overloaded with pyrotechnics intended to produce an audible effect, violating the federal regulatory standards for this product. Overloaded fireworks can result in a greater than expected explosion, posing burn and explosion hazards to consumers.	None reported	About 1,700	18-035	Refund
12	2017-11-16	Crossbows	Taiwan	The crossbows can fire or discharge unexpectedly, posing an injury hazard to the user and to bystanders.	PSE has received six reports of the crossbow firing unexpectedly. No injuries have been reported.	About 17,000	18-038	Repair
13	2017-11-21	Children’s pajamas	China	The children’s pajama sets fail to meet flammability standards for children’s sleepwear, posing a risk of burn injuries to children.	None Reported	About 4,100	18-042	Refund
14	2017-11-29	Clay craft kits	China	Mold can be present in the clay, posing a risk of respiratory or other infections in individuals with compromised immune systems, damaged lungs or an allergy to mold.	The firm has received three reports of mold in the clay. No injuries have been reported.	About 6,000	18-045	Refund

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.