FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 10, 2001
Release # 01-192
High Chair Recall Hotline: (877) 737-3464 CPSC Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: Ken Giles, (301) 504-7052
CPSC, Peg Perego USA Announce Recall of High Chairs
WASHINGTON, D.C.- In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC), Peg Perego USA Inc., of Ft. Wayne, Ind., is
voluntarily recalling about 325,000 high chairs. When the seat is
reclined, the high chairs have a space between the armrest and backrest
in which a child's head or arm can become entrapped. This can pose a
risk of suffocation or injury to the heads or arms of young children.
Peg Perego and CPSC have received 51 reports of entrapment when children
placed their heads or arms in the space between the armrest and
backrest. Two children suffered scratches to the head, one had a
bruised arm, and another had a scratched arm. There have not been any
reports of suffocation.
The recalled high chairs have seats that can be raised or lowered,
and a lever on the back of the chair that allows the seat to be tilted
back. The recalled chairs are the "Prima Pappa," "Roller," and
"Martinelli Pappa and Nanna." The model names are located on the
footrest or the seat back. A sticker on the brace connecting the front
leg to the back leg reads in part, "Peg-Perego" and "Italy."
Chain stores and independent retailers, including Babies "R" Us,
Right Start, and Burlington Coat Factory, sold these high chairs from
June 1996 through October 1999 for about $180.
Consumers should stop using the high chairs immediately. Consumers
should call Peg Perego toll-free at (877) 737-3464 anytime or log on to
the company's website at www.perego.com to receive free replacement
armrests that will eliminate the entrapment hazard. Consumers should not
return the high chair to the store where purchased.
High chairs with 9-inch armrests are not included in this recall.