US cribs recall after deaths

MORE than 2.1 million cribs going back to 1993 are being recalled in the US, following reports of four baby deaths from suffocation.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission said the recall, involved 1.2m cribs in the country and nearly a million in Canada, where by the crib maker, Stork Craft Manufacturing, is based. Nearly 150,000 of the cribs carry the Fisher-Price logo.

The cribs, manufactured and distributed between January 1993 and October 2009, were sold at major retailers including BJ’s Wholesale Club, Sears and Wal-Mart stores and online through Target and Costco.