CPSC, Safety 1st Announce Recall of Fold-Up Booster Seats

Recall Insight

This CPSC action (record #02009) was formally reported on October 10, 2001. It is classified under Moderate severity, with a current status of Active. Safety 1st, of Canton, Mass. is listed as the recalling firm. Federal records indicate About 1.5 million units are affected.

The documented reason for this recall is: The top half of the seat inserts can separate, and a child can fall from the chair and be injured. Distribution information was not included in the agency filing, so consumers should assume broad potential exposure until the firm publishes point-of-sale details. The remedy documented by the agency is: Consumers should stop using these seats immediately and contact Safety 1st to receive a free repair kit with instructions. — consumers holding this product should act on that instruction rather than relying on general guidance.

To put this record in context, PlainRecalls indexes 83,949 recalls across the FDA, CPSC, NHTSA and USDA FSIS going back to 1995. Within the same product category, the database holds 6 closely related recalls, of which 6 were also issued by CPSC. That clustering is a signal — repeated actions in a narrow category often indicate a systemic quality-control issue, a supplier-wide contamination, or a design defect that has propagated across product lines. This recall is roughly 25 years old; older recalls can remain relevant because many units enter resale, rental, and secondary-market channels where the original warning never reaches the end user. Always cross-check the recall number against the official agency page before relying on any summary.