Baby Cribs Seized And Destroyed by Marshalls
CPSC recall 85041. Recall date: . Last publish date of the CPSC notice: .
Hazard, in the words of CPSC
Strangulation
CPSC recall 85041 has the recall date 27 Aug 1985. The notice names the firm Baby Desire. The CPSC record gives no number of units. This register puts the recall under the hazard Strangulation. CPSC gives the product type Cribs.
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| Description | Baby Cribs Seized And Destroyed by Marshalls NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 27, 1985 Release # 85-041 Hazardous Baby Cribs Seized And Destroyed WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced today that it recently supervised the destruction of approximately 110 hazardous baby cribs that had been seized by the U.S. Marshalls in Brooklyn, New York under a court order. The cribs were seized and destroyed because they failed to meet safety requirements of the CPSC for full size and non-full size cribs. The cribs could not be brought into compliance with the safety standards and, therefore, had to be destroyed. The cribs, which were imported from Italy, were offered for sale at the Baby Desire retail store at 3816 Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn, New York between January 1984 and January 1985. The Baby Desire store is no longer in business. The cribs' vertical slats were too far apart and could allow an infant's body to slide between the slats entrapping the child by the head. This entrapment could cause strangulation. In addition, the sides of the… |
| Product | Baby Desire baby cribs, Cribs |
| Manufacturer | Baby Desire |
| Made in | Italy |
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The recall in context
- Units in this recall
- not givenMedian of 1985: not given
- CPSC recalls of 1985
- 30
- Recalls of 1985 with one of the same hazards
- 3%
- Recalls of 1985 in the category Cribs
- 7%
- Recalls on the register that name Baby Desire
- 1
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Recall Register. CPSC recall 85041. https://recallregister.com/product/4516-baby-cribs-seized-and-destroyed-by-marshalls/. Source: CPSC Recall Retrieval Web Services. Data through .
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- Data retrieved
- 30 Sep 2026
- Newest CPSC recall on the register
- 24 Sep 2026
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Questions
- Does CPSC recall 85041 report injuries?
- The CPSC record of recall 85041 has no incident or injury text.
- Where was the product made?
- The CPSC notice gives:
Italy