HALO SleepSacks Wearable Blankets Recalled Due to Choking Hazard; Sold Exclusively at Babies R Us

Hazard

Petals from the floral embellishment on the blankets can detach, posing a choking hazard to infants.

Remedy

Consumers should immediately stop using the wearable blankets and contact HALO Innovations for a pre-paid envelope containing instructions to remove and return the flower and order a free replacement product.

Replace

Incidents & injuries

The firm has received six reports of the petals detaching from the blankets including one report of an infant found gagging on a detached petal.

Product description

The recalled HALO SleepSack wearable blankets are 100% white cotton with pink-edged ruffles and a pink satin rose embellishment on the front. These sack-shaped wearable blankets have cut-outs for the baby's arms, a zipper down the center, a sewn bottom and were sold in small and medium sizes. Only SleepSack products with GPU numbers 2701, 2781, 2886, 2887, 3007, 3035 and 3142 printed on a neck label under the primary neck label are included in the recall.

Sold on

Babies R Us and www.babiesrus.com from December 2011 through July 2013 for about $25.

Contact the company

Halo Innovations toll-free at (866) 819-8118 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT Monday through Friday, e-mail at [email protected] or online at www.halosleep.com and click on the product recall link on the homepage for more information.