1. Product Recall
(For internal training)

2. Product recall
 A product recall is a request to return to
the maker a batch or an entire production
run of a product, usually due to the
discovery of safety issues.

3.  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
(CPSC) is charged with protecting the public from
unreasonable risks of injury or death associated
with the use of the thousands of consumer
products under the agency's jurisdiction.
 CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer
products - such as toys, cribs, power tools,
cigarette lighters and household chemicals

4. The General Product Safety Directive
(GPSD)
 The GPSD aims at ensuring that only safe
consumer products are sold in the EU.

5. General Requirements
 Clothes for children up to seven years (height
1.34 m) should not have cords or drawstrings in
the hood and neck area.
 Clothes for children aged between seven and 14
should not have cords longer than 75 mm in the
hood and neck area or drawstrings with free
ends. Cords in the hood and neck area should
not be elastic except for shoulder straps and
halter necks

6. General Requirements
 Clothes for children shall not have cords or
drawstrings with free ends longer than 140 mm
in the chest and waist area.
 Halter neck-style children's clothes should not
have loose ends in the hood and neck area.
 Children's clothes intended to be tied at the front
should not have tied belts or sashes longer than
360mm, when measured untied from the point
where they are to be tied.

7. General Requirements
 Other cords or drawstrings on children's clothes
should not trail below the sleeve or hem of
garments.
 Drawstrings, functional cords and decorative
cords at the bottom hem of long-legged trousers
shall be totally on the inside of the garment.
 Homemade children's clothes should also meet
these requirements

8. Recalls
Name of product:
 Children’s two-piece
pajama sets
Retailer : Target , USA

9.  Hazard: The children’s cotton or
cotton/fleece pajamas sets fail to meet the
federal flammability standards for children’s
sleepwear, because they do not meet the
tight-fitting sizing requirements.
 This poses a burn hazard to children.

10.  The brand label printed on the neck of the
pajamas states “Wear snug-fitting not flame
resistant”.
 The pajamas were also sold with a yellow
hangtag that states, “For child’s safety,
garment should fit snugly. This garment is
not flame resistant. Loose-fitting garment is
more likely to catch fire.”

11. Children’s Sleepwear Safety
 Under USA federal safety rules, all
children's sleepwear garments sold in sizes
larger than nine months must be flame
resistant or tight-fitting.

12. What is Flame-resistant children’s
sleepwear

13. Flame-resistant children’s sleepwear
 Flame-resistant garments do not continue burning
when removed from an ignition source.
 One example is inherently flame-resistant
polyesters that do not require chemical treatment.

14. Tight-fitting children’s sleepwear
 Garments that meet the sizing requirements to be
tight fitting and do not need to be flame resistant
because they are made to fit closely against a
child’s body.
 Tight-fitting sleepwear does not ignite easily and,
even if ignited, does not burn readily.

15.  The requirements for flammability or tight-fitting
measurements do not apply to sleepwear for
sizes nine months and under because infants
wearing these sizes are insufficiently mobile to
expose themselves to an open flame.
 CPSC standards require hangtags and permanent
labels on tight-fitting children’s sleepwear in sizes
larger than 9 months

16. Drawstrings in Children's Upper Outerwear

18. Drawstrings in Children's Upper
Outerwear
 The Commission has determined that hood
and neck drawstrings on children's upper
outerwear in sizes 2T to 12 or the
equivalent present a strangulation hazard

19. European standard EN 14682
 The length of drawstrings at the waist and bottom of
children's upper outerwear in sizes 2T to 16 or the equivalent
has been limited to 3 inches outside the drawstring channel
when the garment is expanded to its fullest width; such
garments must be free of toggles, knots, and other
attachments at the free ends of drawstrings.
 If a waist or bottom drawstring in upper outerwear sizes 2T to
16 or the equivalent is one continuous string, it must be bar
tacked (i.e., stitched through to prevent the drawstring from
being pulled through its channel).

20. What is the Hazard?
The most common
incident scenarios
involved drawstrings
getting entangled on
playground slides.
Typically, as a child
descended the slide, the
toggle or knot on the
drawstring got caught in a
small space or gap at the
top of the slide.

21.  Incidents have also
occurred when the long,
trailing drawstring at the
waist of a jacket was
caught on the closed door
of a moving school bus.
 cords on garments may
got entangled in bicycle
wheels

22. Recalls
 Company/Brand:
 La Jolla Sport USA Inc.
dba O'Neill Clothing
 The Danger:
 The hooded sweatshirts
have drawstrings in the
neck that can pose a
strangulation hazard to
children.

23. Recalls
 Description
Red and white polka
dot bikini decorated
with red and white
striped frills. The top
can be tied with
functional cords that
have free ends in the
neck area and on the
back.

24. Recalls
Danger
 Injuries, Strangulation
 The product poses a risk of
strangulation due to the presence
of halter neck cords with free ends
in the neck area. The product
poses a risk of injuries due to the
presence of cords that are to be
tied at the back.
 The product does not comply with
the relevant European standard
EN 14682

25. Recalls
Description:
 Set of baby clothes, consisting of
matching trousers and tops
Danger
 Choking and Strangulation.
 The products pose a risk of choking
because they contain small parts (the
buttons) that may easily detach and be
swallowed by small children.
 The products pose the risk of
strangulation due to the presence of
cords in the chest area which are too
long.
 The products do not comply with the
relevant national standard UNE 40902
and the relevant European standard EN
14682

26. Recalls
 Company/Brand:
 PUMA North America, Inc.
 The Danger:
 The jacket has a
drawstring at the waist that
has toggles and is not
stitched to the back of the
jacket. The drawstring
could become snagged or
caught in small spaces or
vehicle doors and it poses
an entanglement hazard.

27. Recalls
Meijer Falls Creek Kids
Denim Jeans
Date: December 27, 2012
The Danger:
 The snap on the front of
the infant and toddler
denim jeans may come
loose and separate from
the fabric, posing a
choking hazard to young
children.

28. Recalls
 Company/Brand:
 Franshaw, Inc.
 The Danger:
 Decorative studs on the
denim shorts' pockets can
detach and pose a choking
hazard to young children.
Buy Buy Baby received
one report of the
decorative studs detaching
from the shorts.

29. Recalls
Description:
 Baby sleep suits and baby
bodysuits in various colors
Danger:
 Choking
The products pose a risk of
choking because they contain
small parts (the popper
closures) that can become
detached and swallowed by
small children.
The product does not comply
with the national standard BS
7907

30. Recalls
 Company/Brand:
 Supreme Trading
Limited
 The Danger:
 Snaps on the jacket can
detach, posing a
choking hazard to young
children. No injuries
have been reported.

31. Recalls
Company/Brand:
 Children's Apparel
Network, Ltd.
 The Danger:
 The surface coating on
the zipper of the fleece
hoodie and t-shirt sets
contain excessive levels
of lead, violating the
federal lead paint
standard.
 No injuries have been
reported.

32. Recalls
Brand: Zeeman
Description
 Jogging trousers made of dark
blended fabric.
Danger
Chemical
The product poses a chemical risk
because the black textile contains
azo dyes releasing the aromatic
amine benzidine (140 mg/kg).
The product does not comply with
the REACH Regulation.

33. Recalls
Check the bellow sites for more incidents
 http://www.sgs.com/en/Consumer-Goods-Retail/Product-Recalls.aspx
 http://unsafeproducts.eu/type/clothing-textiles-and-fashion-
items/page/10/
 http://www.docstoc.com/docs/69238490/NIKE-Apparel-Product-
safety-manual

34. ISO 10377:2013
 The first standard, ISO 10377:2013, Consumer product
safety – Guidelines for suppliers, provides universally
applicable guidance and practical tools to identify, assess,
eliminate or reduce potential safety risks before the products
enter the market.
 Its use should result in fewer injuries and increased
consumer confidence, provide an benchmark for accessing
international markets, supplement existing regulations, offer a
systems approach to product safety, level the playing field,
educate suppliers, reduce costly product recalls, and more.

35. ISO 10393:2013
 ISO 10393:2013, Consumer product recall
– Guidelines for suppliers, provides
guidance on how to establish, implement
and manage a consumer product recall
program.

36. ISO 10393:2013
 ISO 10393 will help organizations plan and
execute timely and cost-effective recall
programmes, minimize legal risks, protect
consumers from unsafe or dangerous
products, and build customer satisfaction
and loyalty.

38. Flammability Requirements of the
Standard
 The testing methods required by EN 14878 are based upon EN 1103, Textiles
Fabrics for Apparel – Detailed Procedure to Determining the Burning Behaviour, but
without any prior washing. Under the new standard there are different Classes with
specific requirements for each type of nightwear as follows:
 Class A – All nightwear (except pyjamas)
There shall be no surface flash
The 3rd marker thread (520 mm) must not be severed in less than 15 seconds.
 Class B – Pyjamas
There shall be no surface flash.
Either the 3rd marker thread (529 mm) must not be severed in less than 10
seconds, plus design criteria must be met (including hem circumference, sleeve cuff,
and bottom trouser width dimension);
Or the burn rate from Class A is applicable without the design criteria.
 Class C – Babies’ nightwear (up to 6 months)
No criteria

39. Additional Information

40. RAPEX (Rapid Alert System)
 RAPEX is the EU rapid alert system that
facilitates the rapid exchange of information
between Member States and the Commission on
measures taken to prevent or restrict the
marketing or use of products posing a serious risk
to the health and safety of consumers –with the
exception of food, pharmaceutical and medical
devices, which are covered by other mechanisms.