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Note: Telephone Number & Responding Company Change.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Originally issued April 8, 1998
Revised January 13, 2003
Release # 98-090
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Company Phone Number: (800) 233-5921
CPSC Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: Ken Giles, (301) 504-7052
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CPSC, Gerry Baby Products Announce Recall to Repair Baby
Monitors
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product
Safety Commission (CPSC), Gerry Baby Products of Denver, Colo.,
recalled about 86,000 rechargeable baby monitors sold under
the Clear Choice brand name. When an electrical short occurs, the
rechargeable battery can cause the monitor's "parent" unit to
smoke and flame.
Gerry has received one report of flames and four reports of
smoke coming from the monitor's parent unit. No injuries or
property damage have been reported.
The Gerry Clear Choice rechargeable baby monitor being
recalled is Model 618. The model number is found on a silver
plate on the front of the monitor's AC adapter. The monitor
consists of a "baby" unit, a parent unit, a recharging base for
the parent unit and AC adapters. All of the units are white with
a light blue accent color. Because it houses the battery, only
the parent unit presents the hazard.
Mass merchandise and baby stores throughout the United
States sold the baby monitors from April 1996 to March 1998 for
about $40.
Consumers should disconnect and throw away the blue battery
pack from the parent unit immediately. Consumers should contact
Evenflo's Parent Link Consumer Resource Center at (800) 233-5921 for assistance (Gerry Baby Products is out of business, but the Evenflo Company has now taken over in responding to this recall).
This recall is not related to the
October 1996 recall of 990,000 Gerry model 602 baby monitors. Consumers with questions
about the model 602 monitor can call Evenflo's Parent Link Consumer Resource Center at (800) 233-5921.
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