Recalls in April 2014

IKEA North America of Conshohocken, Pa., is expanding its December 2013, recall of children’s wall-mounted lamps.

Children can get entangled in the electrical cord that hangs from the children’s wall-mounted lamps, and run the risk of strangulation.

A 15-month-old baby became entangled in a TASSA NATT lamp’s cord and nearly strangled. This incident, and the death of a 16-month-old baby who died after getting entangled in a SMILA lamp’s cord, were reported in the previous recall. In both incidents, which occurred in Europe, the infants pulled the lamp cord was pulled into the crib.

The expansion includes 30.2 million lamps worldwide (about 3.5 million in the U.S., and 1.4 million in Canada), includes IKEA children’s lamps in the previous recall and expands the number and types of lamps.

The lamps sold in various style names, shapes and colors, and have a cord, about 7 to 8 feet long with either a switch on the cord or a switch located on the lamp. The following lamp styles are included:

The lamps, manufactured in the U.S., Lithuania and China, were sold exclusively at IKEA stores nationwide, in IKEA’s catalog and online at www.ikea-usa.com from May 1984, to April 2014, for between $5 and $30.

Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled lamps, remove them from the wall and contact IKEA for a free repair kit. Do not use the lamp until the repair kit is installed. The repair kit has self-adhesive fasteners for attaching the lamp’s cord to the wall as well as safety instructions.

Consumers may contact IKEA toll-free at (888) 966-4532 anytime.

Stonyfield is recalling 188 6-packs of 4-oz YoBaby Peach/Pear yogurt cups with the code date June 05 2014 (UPC 052159701161).

Testing indicates some of product may be affected by coliform contamination

The recalled product was shipped to Target stores in Alabama, Virginia, Tennessee, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina, and Walmart stores in Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey and Delaware.

Consumers who purchased the potentially affected YoBaby yogurts should return containers to the place of purchase for a full reimbursement. The affected products were available for purchase only on or after April 23, 2014.

Consumers with questions may contact Stonyfield Consumer Relations at 1-800-PRO-COWS or by email at crelations@Stonyfield.com.

Excalibur Crossbow of Canada is recalling about 1,000 Excalibur Matrix Mega 405 crossbows.

The crossbow can fire an arrow without the trigger being pulled, posing an injury hazard to the user and to bystanders.

The company has received one report of a crossbow firing unexpectedly. No injuries are reported.

This recall involves the Excalibur Matrix Mega 405 crossbows. Matrix 405 is printed on a label on the left side of the stock. The crossbow was sold in a mossy oak treestand camouflage pattern.

The crossbow measures about 36 inches long and was sold individually or as part of a package with a black scope, four-arrow quiver and bracket, four arrows, four 150-grain field points and a rope-cocking aid.

The crossbows, manufactured in Canada, were sold at sporting goods stores nationwide including A-1 Archery, Black Sheep Sporting Goods, Cabelas, H & H Archery Supply, Horizontal Archery, Jay’s Sporting Goods, Kinsey’s Archery Products, Mike’s Archery, Pape’s, Sportsman’s Supply and Woody’s Sporting Goods from February 2014, through March 2014, for about $1,000 for the crossbow and $1,400 when sold as a package with the crossbow, arrows, a scope and other equipment.

Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled crossbows and return them to the place of purchase to return to Excalibur for a free inspection and repair, or contact Excalibur for instructions on shipping the product directly to Excalibur for a free repair. Excalibur will pay for shipping.

Consumers may contact Excalibur Crossbow at (800) 463-1817 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday.

Natural Organics is expanding its earlier recall of distributed Thursday Plantation Tea Tree Mouthwash to Lot 10952.

The company was notified by its contract manufacturer, Integria Healthcare (Australia) Pty Ltd., that a second lot of of the product failed microbial contamination testing due to potential bacterial contamination.

This bacterial contaminant, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, could pose a health risk to consumers.

There have been no reported incidents of illness or adverse effects in connection with this product, and no other Nature's Plus products distributed by Natural Organics are involved.

The mouthwash was distributed to retail stores nationwide and in the United Kingdom.

The mouthwash is packaged in clear plastic bottles with green and white labeling bearing the following product code and lot number printed on the back panel of the product label:

• Thursday Plantation, Tea Tree Mouthwash, 8.45 fl oz/ 250ml e, Product No. 6710, Lot 10952

There have been no reported incidents of illness or adverse effects in connection with this product.

Consumers who may have purchased the recalled product are advised to return it to the place of purchase.

Consumers with questions may contact the company at 1-800-645-9500 Monday- Friday from 8:30am to 5:30pm (EST).

The GunBox of Lehi, Utah, is recalling about 1,000 GunBox gun storage boxes.

The storage box locking mechanism can open if the box is dropped, allowing access to the gun stored inside.

No incidents or injuries have been reported.

The GunBox is an aluminum, square, clam-shaped case with an RFID scanner with a T-shaped logo on the top center of the box and two USB ports for charging devices. The “RF+Biometric” and “Premier” model boxes include a square fingerprint scanner below the RFID scanner on the top of the box that holds multiple fingerprints.

The “Premier” model includes a GPS locator. All of the GunBoxes were sold with RFID wristbands that allow the user to wave their hand above the box to unlock. The recall includes version 01 of The GunBox RF ,(model GBRF1.0); RF+Biometric, (Model GBBIO1.0); and the Premier, (model GBPREM1.0).

The model number and “The GunBox” are printed on a label on the bottom of the units.

The storage boxes, manufactured in the U.S., were sold exclusively online by www.thegunbox.com from January 2014, through February 2014, for between $280 and $475.

Consumers should contact The GunBox for instructions on returning their gun box for a free replacement locking mechanism. The company contacting its customers directly.

Consumers may contact The GunBox toll-free at (866)764-0009 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. MT Monday through Friday.   

The Kroger Co. is recalling Private Selection Sweet Strawberry Sorbet sold at its Kroger and Jay C stores in 13 states.

The product may contain milk, an allergen not listed on the label.

The recalled Private Selection Sweet Strawberry Sorbet is sold in 16-fluid ounce packages with a code date of Aug 11, 2015 and UPC 11110 52108.

The product was sold in Kroger and Jay C stores in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia (along the Ohio border).

Kroger stores in the company's Southwest division, which includes of Louisiana and Texas; and its Mid-Atlantic division, which includes stores in North Carolina, eastern West Virginia and Virginia, are not included in the recall.

Customers who have purchased the recalled product should return it to stores for a full refund or replacement.

Consumers with questions may contact Kroger toll-free at 800-KROGERS (800-576-4377).

The Genie Company is recalling about 17,655 PowerMax 1500 screw-drive residential garage door openers in the U.S. and Canada.

The relays on the light control circuit of the control board could overheat and pose a fire hazard. Genie has received five reports of relay failure. There have been no reports of any injuries or of any fire spreading from the openers to any other property.

This recall includes the Genie PowerMax 1500 residential screw-drive garage door openers identified by model 4062 and UPC number 05004901854. The serial number label is located on the front side (opposite of the lights) of each garage door opener. Only the first five digits are relevant to this recall.

The serial numbers of the units sold in Canada are as follows:

The recalled products were sold from August 2011, to February 2012, in Canada at Canadian Tire stores and from August 2011, to October 2012, in the United States.

Consumers should stop using the garage door opener until they call the Genie Company and receive a free replacement control board.

Consumers may contact the Genie Company at 1 (800) 488-9918 Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST.