Recall alert: Fisher-Price recalls millions of sleepers after 100 infant deaths
Fisher-Price has reannounced its recall of 4.7 million Rock ‘n Play Sleepers after they were linked to about 100 infants’ deaths.
The original recall was announced on April 12, 2019. At the time, over 30 fatalities were reported to have occurred in the Rock ‘n Play Sleepers after the infants rolled from their back to their stomach or side while unrestrained, or under other circumstances, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Since the recall, approximately 70 additional fatalities have been reported, which includes at least 8 fatalities that were reported to have occurred after the initial recall announcement.
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Approximately 100 deaths have reportedly occurred while infants were in the products, according to the CPSC.
Fisher-Price notes that in some of the reports, it has been unable to confirm the circumstances of the incidents or that the product was a Rock ‘n Play Sleeper.
The sleepers were sold at major stores nationwide including Walmart, Target, and online at Amazon from September 2009 through April 2019 for between $40 and $149.
Anyone with the recalled sleeper should stop using it and contact Fisher-Price for a refund or voucher.
