NEWS from
CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission
Office of Information and Public
Affairs
Washington, DC
20207

FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
May 3, 2005

Release #05-164

Firm’s Recall Hotline: (800) 858-8323

CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772

CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908


CPSC,
Simplicity Inc. Announces Recall of Cribs

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer
Product Safety Commission, in
cooperation with
the firm named below, today announced a
voluntary
recall of the following consumer
product. Consumers should stop using
recalled
products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Name of Product: White Lancaster Cribs

Units: About 575

Manufacturer: Simplicity Inc., of
Reading, Pa.

Hazard: The white paint on
the cribs can chip, posing a choking hazard
to
young children.

Incidents/Injuries:
Simplicity Inc. has received four reports
of
consumers who noticed paint peeling off
their crib. No injuries have
been reported.

Description: The recalled cribs are made
of wood and painted white.
Model numbers
8554W-PT and 8554WW are printed inside the headboard
and
on the envelope attached to the mattress
support. The Simplicity name,
address,
manufacturing date and model number are written on a
label
found on the inside bottom of the
headboard.

Sold at: Department stores,
Children’s product stores and Target.com
from
June 2004 through April 2006 for about $200.

Manufactured in: Indonesia

Remedy: Consumers should contact
Simplicity Inc. to receive a refund.

Consumer Contact: Call Simplicity Inc.
at (800) 858-8323 between 8:30
a.m. and 5 p.m.
ET Monday through Friday or visit the Web site
at
www.simplcityforchildren.com

To view this recall on CPSC’s web site,
including a picture of the
recalled product,
please go
to:

The
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with
protecting
the public from unreasonable risks
of serious injury or death from more
than
15,000 types of consumer products under the agency’s
jurisdiction.
Deaths, injuries and property
damage from consumer product incidents
cost the
nation more than $700 billion annually. The CPSC is
committed
to protecting consumers and families
from products that pose a fire,
electrical,
chemical, or mechanical hazard or can injure children.
The
CPSC’s work to ensure the safety of
consumer products – such as toys,
cribs, power
tools, cigarette lighters, and household chemicals
–
contributed significantly to the 30 percent
decline in the rate of
deaths and injuries
associated with consumer products over the past
30
years.

To
report a dangerous product or a product-related injury, call
CPSC’s
hotline at (800) 638-2772 or CPSC’s
teletypewriter at (800) 638-8270, or
visit
CPSC’s web site at www.cpsc.gov/talk.html. To join a CPSC
email
subscription list, please go to
www.cpsc.gov/cpsclist.asp. Consumers can
obtain
this release and recall information at CPSC’s Web site
at
www.cpsc.gov.