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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

US orders recall of Fisher-Price baby swings linked to five infant deaths

a baby swing
This photo provided by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission shows an example of a Fisher-Price Snuga Swing. Photograph: AP

US consumer safety officials announced recently they had ordered the recall of 2m Fisher-Price baby swings after they were linked to at least five infants’ deaths and posed a suffocation risk.

The product, the Snuga Swing, was “doomed to fail” according to a commissioner with the US Product Safety Commission, which said infants should never sleep in inclined seats, such as swings, gliders and rockers.

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