Flammable Sweatshirts Recalled
CPSC recall 78022. Recall date: . Last publish date of the CPSC notice: .
Hazard, in the words of CPSC
Fire & Fire-Related Burn
CPSC recall 78022 has the recall date 17 Apr 1978. The notice names a person as the firm, and this site does not show the name. The CPSC record gives no number of units. This register puts the recall under 2 hazards. The first is Fire. CPSC gives the product type Clothing (Adults).
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| Description | April 17, 1978 Release # 78-022 Flammable Sweatshirts Recalled WASHINGTON, D.C. (Apr.17)-- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the SAN FRANCISCO SHIRT WORKS, INC., announced today that the San Francisco Shirt Works is voluntarily recalling and refunding the purchase price on four styles of ladies' sweatshirts because they fail to comply with Federal flammability standard. If exposed to an ignition source such as a cigarette ash, an open flame, or any spark, they could ignite and burn with a rapid and intense flame. (No injuries have been reported to date.) These sweatshirts were sold by department stores and specialty shops throughout the nation as part of the company's 1977 holiday line. Some 22,500 of these ladies' sweatshirts were imported by San Francisco shirt Works, Inc., from a Hong Kong manufacturer and distributed nationwide to retailers during October and early November 1977. Shirts which appear to be identical but which were delivered to retailers in approximately July of 1977 have passed the flammability test required by the standard. Only those shirts sold to retailers during and after October 1977 fail to comply with the standard. All the ladder's… |
| Product | San Fransisco Tea Party sweatshirts, Clothing (Adults) |
| Firm | The CPSC notice gives the name of a person as the firm. This site does not show the names of persons. |
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The recall in context
- Units in this recall
- not givenMedian of 1978: not given
- CPSC recalls of 1978
- 43
- Recalls of 1978 with one of the same hazards
- 26%
- Recalls of 1978 in the category Clothing (Adults)
- 7%
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- CPSC recall notice 78022The notice on the CPSC site, with the pictures and the contact of the firm.
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Recall Register. CPSC recall 78022. https://recallregister.com/product/3925-flammable-sweatshirts-recalled/. Source: CPSC Recall Retrieval Web Services. Data through .
Sources
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- US Consumer Product Safety Commission
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- US government work, public domain
- Data retrieved
- 30 Sep 2026
- Newest CPSC recall on the register
- 24 Sep 2026
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Questions
- Does CPSC recall 78022 report injuries?
- The CPSC record of recall 78022 has no incident or injury text.