Nearly 5 million basins removed from the market after the death of 30 babies

The American group Mattel announced Friday the withdrawal of 4.7 million bbadinet cots from Fisher-Price in the global market, after the United States authorities have indicated that caused about thirty deaths in a decade.

Fisher-Price "announces the voluntary withdrawal of all units of the" Rock & # 39; Play Sleeper "due to reported child deaths occurring (…) without being tied," wrote Fisher-Price his Twitter account, adding that the recall was consistent with the decision of the US Consumer Product Safety Commission.

On April 5, the entity issued a product warning, citing the deaths of 10 babies by asphyxiation since 2015 "after the babies would have flipped over or to the side, without being tied", by the straps of the chair.

According to Fisher-Price, the Commission asked consumers to stop using the chair at the age of three monthsor "as soon as (children) begin to know how to turn around".

Friday, the manufacturer and the commission finally they announced the withdrawal of the product.

The second this time alludes to the death of "more than 30 babies" since the beginning of the commercialization of the model in 2009, and asked parents to stop using the product "immediately".

"We maintain that our products are safe, however, because of incidents reported in cases where the product was used without following the warnings and safety instructions, we decided to voluntarily remove" the chairs, said the owner. Fisher, Mattel, in a statement. -Price.

On Monday, the consumer protection badociation "Consumer Reports" had questioned this chair model, badociating it with the death "of at least 32 babies".

The next day, the American Pediatric Association (AAP) asked the responsible committee to remove the "Rock & # 39; Play Sleeper" model from the market.