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Subject: News From CPSC - Recall and Public Calendar


For Immediate Release
September 5, 2001
Firm Hotline: (800) 501-9979
CPSC Contact: Nychelle Fleming  (301) 504-0580 x1192
Release # 01-225

CPSC, Maya Wrap Announce Recall of Infant Carriers/Slings

WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer
Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Maya Wrap, of Omaha, Neb.,
is voluntarily recalling about 5,000 infant carriers/slings. The welds
of the metal rings that support the carriers/slings can break, posing
a fall hazard to young children.

Maya Wrap has received 20 reports of the rings breaking.
The company received a report that one child fell to the ground
but no injuries were reported.

The recalled carriers/slings are made of 100-percent cotton fabric
with two metal support rings.  The rings measure 1/8-inch in width.
They were sold in a variety of colors, prints, and sizes. A large
white label sewn in the slings reads in part, “MAYA WRAP”
and “ECHO EN GUATEMALA”.

Web sites and individual distributors nationwide sold these
carrier/slings from January 2001 through July 2001 for between
$30 and $40. Also, eight children’s boutiques in various states
sold these carrier/slings.

Consumers should stop using these carriers/slings immediately
and call Maya Wrap at (800) 501-9979 anytime for instructions
on how to have the carriers/slings repaired.

Carriers/slings with ¼-inch width rings are not included in this recall.

To see a picture of the recalled product(s) and/or to establish a
link from your web site to this press release on CPSC's web site,
link to the following address:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml01/01224.html

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