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(HealthNewsDigest.com) – WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Name of Product: Mattresses and mattresses with foundations
Units: About 1,400
Manufacturer: The Mattress Cloud Inc., of Brooklyn, N.Y.
Hazard: The mattresses fail to meet the mandatory federal open flame standard for mattresses, posing a fire hazard to consumers.
Incidents/Injuries: None reported
Description: This recall involves Mattress Cloud new and renovated (rebuilt) twin, full, queen and king mattresses sets. The mattresses were sold in a variety of colors and fabrics. “Ultra Support” and “Ortho Type” are printed on iron-on labels on the mattresses. Recalled mattresses have a white federal tag with “Manufactured By: The mattress Cloud, 769 Chauncey, Brooklyn, NY 11207.” The recall involves all Mattress Cloud mattresses manufactured prior to January 25, 2012. Some mattress tags have no date printed on them which are included in the recall. Mattress tags with a date of manufacture on or after January 25, 2012 are not included in the recall.
Sold at: Mattress and furniture stores in N.J., N.Y. and Pa. from August 2011 through January 2012 for between $80 and $175.
Manufactured in: United States
Remedy: Consumers should immediately contact The Mattress Cloud to receive a free replacement mattress and to arrange for the firm to pick up the recalled mattress.
Consumer Contact: The Mattress Cloud Inc.; toll-free at (855) 622-4233, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or email the firm at [email protected]
Recalled Mattress Cloud mattress
Recalled Mattress Cloud mattress
Federal tag on recalled mattresses
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is still interested in receiving incident or injury reports that are either directly related to this product recall or involve a different hazard with the same product. Please tell us about your experience with the product on SaferProducts.gov
CPSC is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of the thousands of consumer products under the agency’s jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $900 billion annually. CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard. CPSC’s work to ensure the safety of consumer products – such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters, and household chemicals – contributed to a decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 30 years.
Under federal law, it is illegal to attempt to sell or resell this or any other recalled product.
To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury, go online to: SaferProducts.gov, call CPSC’s Hotline at (800) 638-2772 or teletypewriter at (301) 595-7054 for the hearing and speech impaired. Consumers can obtain this news release and product safety information at www.cpsc.gov. To join a free e-mail subscription list, please go to www.cpsc.gov/cpsclist.aspx.
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