Product Safety
To read Hatch's Crib Safety Policy and Position Statement, please click here.
Dear Customers,
Hatch® is committed to ensuring that all our materials and supplies meet Consumer Product Safety Information Act (CPSIA) guidelines. With new safety laws going into effect and growing concern about the safety of children's products, we have committed to a rigorous product adoption process to ensure our products are safe.
Hatch has always been diligent when it comes to safety. Not only are we in full compliance with all of the current U.S. safety regulations, but every item we sell must meet or exceed all of the government safety requirements.
At Hatch, the safety evaluation starts when a product is reviewed or put into development. We ensure that all of the materials are phthalate-compliant and must pass strenuous standards for lead content. We require vendors to document that they have used an approved outside testing laboratory to conduct testing to document that every product Hatch sells meets or exceeds current safety regulations. We continuously monitor the safety of our products through periodic vendor compliance reviews to ensure that our suppliers maintain the high level of integrity that we demand of our materials.
At Hatch, child safety is always our top priority. You can feel confident that the products we sell are safe and that we are doing everything we can do to provide our customers with superior-quality products they can trust.
Please retain a copy of this document for your records. If you require further information or a notarized copy, please call Hatch at 1-800-624-7968.
Sincerely,
Ginny Norton
Hatch President
Wooden Fruit Puzzles Recall
HATCH® has been notified that a product we sold in February 2011 was recalled on March 10, 2011 by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The product is Wooden Fruit Puzzles by Kid O Products. The Hatch item number is 906433 and the Kid O item number is 10307. Please see the press release that accompanies this letter for more details and for a product image. No injuries have been reported.
Please follow these instructions:
- Immediately take the recalled puzzles away from children. Pack the puzzles in a box to return to Hatch.
- A Hatch Customer Service Representative will contact you with instructions to return the products to Hatch for a full credit.
- If you have further questions and would like to speak to a customer service representative please call 1-800-624-7968.
Hatch is committed to ensuring that all our materials and supplies meet Consumer Product Safety Information Act (CPSIA) guidelines. With new safety laws going into effect and growing concern about the safety of children’s products, we have committed to a rigorous product adoption and review process to ensure our products are safe.
At Hatch the safety evaluation starts when a product is reviewed or put into development. We ensure that all of the materials are phthalate-compliant and have passed strenuous standards for lead content. We require vendors to document that they have used an approved outside testing laboratory to conduct testing to document that every product Hatch sells meets or exceeds current safety regulations.
Please retain a copy of this document for your records. If you require further information, please call HATCH® at 1-800-624-7968. For further information regarding the recall, please contact Kid O Products collect at (212) 366-5858 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or visit the firm’s website at www.kidoproducts.com.
Sincerely,
Ginny Norton
Hatch President
HATCH® Statement Regarding SafetyCraft Crib Recall
On January 28, 2011, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a recall for cribs with the name SafetyCraft, manufactured by Generation 2 Worldwide. These are not the same SafetyCraft® cribs that have been and continue to be manufactured by Foundations® and sold by HATCH®.
Background
Generation 2 Worldwide produced cribs under the brand name SafetyCraft until going out of business in 2005. In 2005, Foundations purchased the SafetyCraft trademark, but did not begin to manufacture cribs under the SafetyCraft name until 2008.
Foundations SafetyCraft cribs were first introduced to the HATCH product line in the Spring 2009 Infant/Toddler catalog. The SafetyCraft cribs sold by HATCH from 2009 to present day are not included in the recall.
More information is available on the Foundations website.
How do you know who manufactured your SafetyCraft crib?
Refer to the model number on your crib. The official CPSC recall includes instructions regarding location of model numbers, as well as photos of the recalled cribs.
The model number of the Foundations SafetyCraft crib sold by HATCH is 01-CC-N3. To find Foundations crib model numbers, customers should lift the crib mattress and look inside the crib on the floorboard. There is a permanently affixed rectangular block that reads “Manufactured by Foundations Worldwide,” along with a model number and date of manufacture.
If you have a recalled crib what should you do?
If you do own a SafetyCraft crib included in the January 28 recall, please follow the instructions issued by the CPSC.
Please click here to view the official CPSC recall statement regarding Generation 2 Worldwide SafetyCraft cribs.
Background
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) approved new safety standards for cribs through a unanimous vote December 15, 2010. The requirement for the new regulations was established by the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) of 2008. Products focused on are both full-size and non-full-size, rigid sided cribs. The regulation does not include mesh sided cribs or play yards.
New Regulations
The new federal regulations to be certified by the CPSC under Section 104 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act follow the standards placed by ASTM International (formerly American Society for Testing and Materials). The two ASTM International standards covering full-size and non-full-size cribs are ASTM F1169 and ASTM F406. The new regulations implement the following new safety standards:
- Elimination of Drop Sides
- Improvement to the Structural Integrity of Crib Slats
- Increases Severity Vertical Mattress Impact Test
- Horizontal Cyclic Test
- Elimination of Wood Screws from Key Structural Elements
- Reduction of Toehold Exposure
- Marketing and Labeling Improvements
Key Dates
June 28, 2011 (6 months after the publication of the Federal Register)
All cribs manufactured and sold must meet new standards.
December 28, 2012 (24 months after the publication of the Federal Register)
All cribs manufactured, sold, and used in a commercial childcare setting and hospitality environments (i.e. inns, hotels) must be in compliance to the new regulations.
Cribs Sold by Hatch
Cribs, including drop-side cribs, compliant with current safety standards at the time of manufacture, which have not been subject to recall, may stay in service until December 2012. At the time of the publication of this policy there are no known recalls or safety standard violations on cribs that have been sold by Hatch.
Retro-Fitting
There is not a retro-fitting kit available to create compliance on previously sold cribs by Hatch® and manufactured by Foundations® to the required standards for December 2012.
Purchasing Cribs from Hatch Today
New crib products have been reviewed by the Hatch Product Selection and Hatch Materials Management team. The new crib products that meet all new compliance standards required for implementation by our customers by December 2012 and will be available for shipment April 2011.
Hatch Safety Commitment
Hatch is committed to safety in the classroom and strives to ensure that all products offered by Hatch are safe - meeting and complying with all applicable regulations.
Read the statement by Inez M. Tennebaum, Chairman, CPSC
http://www.cpsc.gov/pr/tenenbaum12152010.pdf
References:
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission http://www.cpsc.gov/
International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization http://www.icphso.org/
American Society for Testing and Materials http://www.astm.org