VOS Sports Recalls Hooded Jackets and Sweatshirts with Drawstrings

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VOS Sports hooded jacket.
(Image credit: CPSC.)

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with VOS Sports Inc., City of Industry, Calif., announced a voluntary recall of about 11,700 Hooded jackets and sweatshirts today.

Hazard: The children's hooded sweatshirts have a drawstring through the hood and/or waist that can pose a strangulation or entrapment hazard to children. In February 1996, CPSC issued guidelines (pdf) , which were incorporated into an industry voluntary standard in 1997, to help prevent children from strangling or getting entangled on neck and waist drawstrings in upper garments, such as jackets or sweatshirts.

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