Macy's Recalls Infants' First Impressions Varsity Jackets Due to Choking Hazard

WASHINGTON, July 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Consumers should stop using this product, which is being recalled voluntarily, unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.

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Recall Summary
Name of product: Infants' First Impressions Varsity Jackets

Hazard: The snaps on the jackets can come off, posing a choking hazard.

Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled products and return them to the place of purchase for a refund of the purchase price. Consumers who purchased the product from www.macys.com should return the recalled products to their nearest Macy's store or use the return shipping label enclosed with their original mail order.

Consumer Contact:  Macy's toll-free at (888) 257-5949 between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. ET or online at www.macys.com and click on Product Recalls for more information.

Photos are available at http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2013/Macys-Recalls-First-Impressions-Infants-Varsity-Jackets/

Recall Details
Units: About 8,700
Description: This recall involves infants' snap-up jackets with hoods. The hooded jackets come in navy blue with green and turquoise trim, or gray with yellow sleeves and navy and yellow trim.  Style number 1300 is found on the label sewn into the side seam and the UPC code is found on the product hangtag. The recalled jackets come in the following sizes and UPC codes:

Incidents/Injuries: No injuries reported.
Sold exclusively at: Macy's stores nationwide, on the firm's website www.macys.com, and at Military Exchanges between September and November 2012 for between $25 and $52.
Importer: Macy's Merchandising Group, Inc., of New York, N.Y.
Manufactured in: China

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction.  Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually.

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. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $900 billion annually. CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard. CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products—such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters, and household chemicals—contributed to a decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 40 years.

Under federal law, it is illegal to attempt to sell or resell this or any other recalled product.

To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury, go online to: SaferProducts.gov, call CPSC's Hotline at (800) 638-2772 or teletypewriter at (301) 595-7054 for the hearing and speech impaired.  Consumers can obtain this news release and product safety information at www.cpsc.gov.  To join a free e-mail subscription list, please go to http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Newsroom/Subscribe/.

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SOURCE U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission