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Another Massive Crib Recall

After our national campaign over the holidays focusing on product safety, an Associated Press report about the use of Cadmium in Chinese made products, especially children's jewelry, and a huge crib recall back in November comes news of a second crib recall.

The Associated Press reports that more than 600,000 cribs are being recalled today after an infant died because of faulty hardware. Twenty models of cribs are being recalled due to issues with drop-side hardware and with slats that can break. The cribs were manufactured in China and Vietnam and sold at Walmart as well as other retailers.

According to the AP, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the company producing the cribs,

"have received 31 reports of incidents involving drop-side cribs, including six incidents of children being trapped between the mattress and the drop side. The agency and company have also received 36 reports of broken slats, including two reports of trapped children."

This second recall highlights a disturbing trend of dangerous products on Walmart's shelves. Walmart has a history of using its size and clout to push suppliers to produce at a lower cost, forcing them to cut corners to meet Walmart's price demands and still make a profit. One of the areas that suppliers could cut corners is product safety. Walmart has repeatedly carried products that have been identified as unsafe or dangerous by reputable consumer safety organizations and the CPSC. It is truly sad that it took a death to bring attention to these cribs.

You can read the full article here and the full CPSC press release here for more information.

Posted by Taylor - January 20, 2010 11:28 AM - Hard to Believe

Comments

it is time for Wal Mart Check the Merchandise and Toy for lead posion from China right of away and right now please and not right of away and not now please for Wal Mart not to sell lead posion Merchandise to Customer and not to sell lead posion Toy to Children

Posted by Tom P Noonan - January 20, 2010 11:36 AM

Once again you level charges against Walmart but they are not the only outlet for these cribs. They buy from a manufacturer. They do not write the specifications for the cribs.

This is from the Assciated Press article you link us to:
"A Barbados-based company on Tuesday recalled about 635,000 cribs sold by Kmart, Sears, Wal-Mart and other stores"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/19/AR2010011903104.html

Again I have to ask what impact a Walmart union would have on this stuation?

Posted by tc - January 21, 2010 11:12 AM

Here is a new list of 100 Best companies to work for:
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/2010/full_list/

All those companies have one common element, and greed is not one of them. That common element is GENEROSITY!
#3 on this list is Wegmans Food Markets

Where is wal-mart? They are not on this list. Too many businessmen in America today don't understand that the more you give, the more you get...

Posted by steve - January 21, 2010 11:17 AM

How come a family owned Wegmans Food Markets is the best company to work for and a behemoth like wal-mart didn't even make the list.

Some stats on Wegmans
U.S. employees 36,770
% voluntary turnover 4%
Most common job (salaried):
Store Department Manager $52,922
Most common job (hourly):
Store Customer Service $29,240
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/2010/snapshots/3.html

Posted by steve - January 21, 2010 11:32 AM

Too bad it doesn't say that out of that 36770 employees over 75% of them are part time without benefits.

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