Target Expands Recall of Child Booster Seats Following Additional Reports of FallsRecall date: June 15, 2011 |
| The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission in cooperation with Target, of Minneapolis, Minn. have recalled about 375,000 Circo Child Booster Seats(43,000 additional booster seats were recalled in August 2009). |
The booster seat’s restraint buckle can open unexpectedly, allowing a child to fall from the chair and be injured.
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
This recall involves the products listed below:
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.
The Circo Child Booster Seats were sold at Target stores nationwide from January 2005 through June 2009 for about $13.
They were manufactured in China.
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