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Fisher-Price issues second recall for Rock 'n Play sleepers after reports of 8 additional infant deaths since the product was pulled from shelves in 2019

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Mattel-owned Fisher Price has recalled all Rock 'n Play Sleepers. Amazon

  • Fisher-Price issued a recall reminder for Rock 'n Play sleepers after eight additional deaths. 
  • The products were first recalled in April 2019, and are now connected to 100 total infant deaths. 
  • "Today's announcement highlights the fact that these products are still in too many homes," the CPSC said. 
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Fisher-Price is reissuing its recall on all models of Rock 'n Play sleepers following reports of at least eight additional infant deaths that occurred while using the product since it was removed from shelves in April 2019. 

According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), approximately 100 total fatalities tied to the sleepers have been reported after "infants rolled from their back to their stomach or side while unrestrained, or under other circumstances."

"We are issuing this announcement because, despite their removal from the marketplace and a prohibition on their sale, babies continue to die in these products," CPSC Chairman Alexander Hoehn-Saric said in a statement issued on January 9. "We now know of approximately 100 infant deaths in the Rock n Play, including eight that happened after the recall was announced. "

Mattel-owned Fisher-Price first issued its recall on the Rock 'n Play on April 12, 2019, urging consumers to immediately stop using the products and contact the company for a refund or voucher. The sleepers retailed between $40 and $149, depending on the model. 

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Despite the removal of 4.7 million Rock 'n Play sleepers from shelves in response to the recall, some caretakers, who may have missed the initial recall or inadvertently bought them in the resale market, still have them. 

"It is illegal to sell or distribute recalled consumer products, including on the resale market," Hoehn-Saric said in his statement. "I urge all stores, including online marketplaces, to review the products being donated or listed and stop all recalled products from being sold." 

He continued: "Unfortunately, today's announcement highlights the fact that these products are still in too many homes, and babies continue to be put at risk." 

In 2021, Fisher-Price recalled 270,000 infant gliders — the 4-in-1 Rock'n Glider Soother and the 2-in-1 Soothe'n Play Gliders — after reports of four infant deaths tied to the products. Similarly, the fatalities were reportedly the result of infants rolling in the glider while unrestrained. 

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Since the 2019 and 2021 recalls, the CPSC has worked with companies and the federal government to improve product safety on infant sleep products. In 2022, Congress passed The Safe Sleep For Babies Act, which bans the sale of all inclined infant sleep items, effective November 12, 2022. 

"Remember that the safest place for a baby to sleep is a firm, flat surface without any blankets or pillows," Hoehn-Saric said in his statement. 

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