CPSC, Gap Inc. Announce Recall of Children's Pajamas
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Gap
Inc., of San Francisco, Calif., is voluntarily recalling about 231,000
children's pajamas sold at Gap and Old Navy stores. The pajama sets fail to meet
federal children's sleepwear flammability standards. The standards require
sleepwear to be flame-resistant, and if the fabric ignites, the flame must
self-extinguish. Failure to meet the flammability standards presents a risk of
serious burns to children.
Gap Inc. has not received any reports of
injuries related to these pajama sets. Gap Inc. is voluntarily conducting this
recall to help prevent the possibility of injury. All recalled pajamas have been
removed from store shelves.
Today's recall announcement is the reissuance
of the recall of the pajama sets announced December 2, 1999 by Gap Inc., and
includes five additional style pajama sets that were tested and failed the
federal flammability standard.
The six different styles of pajamas being
recalled are all made with 100 percent polyester fabric. The pajamas have style
numbers 353558, 353554, 733002, 733032, 466291 and 67060. The style numbers are
located on labels sewn into the side seams or collar of the garments.
Style 353558 are two-piece, front-button style with long sleeves
and long pants. These flannel pajama sets come in yellow with penguin print or
navy blue with bear print. The sets are labeled "Gap," and "100% polyester."
They were sold in sizes 2 through 14.
Style 353554 are two-piece,
front-button style with long sleeves and long pants. These fleece pajama sets
come in white, blue and pink with a snowflake print. The sets are labeled "Gap,"
and " 100% polyester." They were sold in sizes 2 through 14.
Style
733002 are one-piece, footed, zipper-front style with long sleeves. These
fleece pajamas come in blue with a white snowflake print. The pajamas are
labeled, "baby GAP," and "100% polyester." There were sold in infant and toddler
sizes XS through 4XL.
Style 733032 are one-piece, footed,
zipper-front style with long sleeves. These fleece pajamas come in black and
white pony print and a cheetah print. The pajamas are labeled "babyGap," and
"100% polyester." They were sold in infant and toddler sizes XS through
4XL.
Style 466291 are one-piece, footed, zipper-front style with
long sleeves. These fleece pajamas come in navy with a white star print. The
pajamas are labeled "babyGap," and "100% polyester." There were sold in infant
and toddler sizes XS through 3XL.
Style 674060 are two-piece,
front button top with long sleeve, long pants. The sets come in lavender or blue
with white piping around the pant cuff with a shirt that has piping around the
collar, front placket and cuff. The pajamas are labeled "Old Navy," and 100%
polyester." They were sold in infant size 6-12 months through toddler size
2T-3T.
GapKids, babyGap, Gap
Outlet and Old Navy stores nationwide sold these pajamas from August 1999
through December 1999 for between $20 and $39.
Parents and caregivers
should immediately stop allowing children to wear these pajamas and return them
to any Gap or Old Navy location for a refund and a $10 gift certificate. For
more information, consumers should call Gap Inc. at (800) GAPSTYLE or (800) OLD
NAVY between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. PT Monday through Friday, or go to their web site
at gapinc.com/performance/news_releases/dec2_99_other.htm or
www.oldnavy.com.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission protects the public from unreasonable risk of injury or death from
15,000 types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. To report a
dangerous product or a product-related injury and for information on CPSC's
fax-on-demand service, call CPSC's hotline at (800) 638-2772 or CPSC's
teletypewriter at (800) 638-8270. To order a press release through
fax-on-demand, call (301) 504-0051 from the handset of your fax machine and
enter the release number. Consumers can obtain this release and recall
information or report product hazards to mailto:info@cpsc.gov