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Alert: Ace Bayou Corporation recalls Bean Bag Chairs — recall 52480

Health Canada Consumer Product Safety · Canada · 2014-09-09

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Agency
Health Canada Consumer Product Safety
Recall identifier
52480
Date of alert
2014-09-09
Country / jurisdiction
Canada
Risk type
recall
Product category
Household items
Product type
Consumer product safety
Notice status
Archived by the issuing authority — kept for reference
Reported risk: Bean bag chairs that are without a permanent zipper closure allow young children to unzip, ingest or inhale the small beads inside of the bean bag chair, posing a suffocation hazard. A 13-year old boy from Texas died and a 3-year-old girl from Kentucky died after suffocating from lack of air and inhaling the chair's foam beads. Both children were found inside the chairs. Ace Bayou has received 2 reports of consumer incidents related to the use of these chairs. Health Canada has not received any reports of consumer incidents or injuries related to the use of these chairs.
Primary source: https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/alert-ace-bayou-corporation-re

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