CONSUMER SAFETY ALERT

The cords can present a strangulation hazard to infants and toddlers if placed too close to a crib. Because of this serious strangulation risk, parents and caregivers should never place these and other corded cameras within three feet of a crib.
Official Consumer Product Safety Recall • February 11, 2011

Two Strangulation Deaths Prompt Summer Infant to Recall Video Baby Monitors with Cords; Firm to Provide New On-Product Label & Instructions

The recall involves Summer Infant video baby monitors with electrical cords distributed between January 2003 and February 2011. The baby monitors were sold in more than 40 different models, including handheld, digital, and color video monitors. All video monitors include both the camera (placed in the baby's room) and the hand held device (some models have two hand-held devices) that enable the caregiver to see and/or hear the baby from a specific distance. The brand "Summer" is found on the product.

Required Consumer Action

CPSC and Summer Infant urge parents to immediately check the location of the video monitors, including cameras mounted on the wall, and all electric cords to make sure the cords are out of arm's reach of their child and contact Summer Infant to receive a new permanent electric cord warning label about the strangulation risk and revised instructions about how to safely mount the camera, keeping cords out of the child's reach.

Contact Information

Summer Infant toll-free at (800) 426-8627 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or visit the firm's website at www.summerinfant.com/Home/Product-Recall.aspx

Recall Details

Sold At
Major retailers, mass merchandisers, and juvenile products stores nationwide for between $60 and $300.
Injuries
CPSC and the firm have received reports of two strangulation deaths of infants. In March 2010, a 10-month old girl from Washington, D.C. strangled in the electrical cord of a monitor camera placed on the crib rail. In November 2010, a six-month old boy fr
Recall Number
11127

Product Information

Product Name
Video Baby Monitors with Electrical Cords
Product Type
Baby Monitors
Number of Units
About 1.7 million
Imported By
Summer Infant, of Woonsocket, R.I.
Manufactured In
China

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Contact Manufacturer

Use the contact information below to reach out about this recall:

Phone (800) 426-8627
Website www.summerinfant.com/Home/Product-Recall.aspx
Full Contact Information

Summer Infant toll-free at (800) 426-8627 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or visit the firm's website at www.summerinfant.com/Home/Product-Recall.aspx