"These products were found for sale on online marketplaces including Amazon, eBay, ManoMano, and Etsy. These sleeping bags all featured large hoods which can fall down over a baby's face and suffocate them. Several of the baby sleeping bags for sale also failed to include arm holes, in clear violation of the British Standards Institution's safety standards. Without arm holes, the baby can slip down inside the bag, covering their faces and risking fatal suffocation."
"Shockingly, these deadly sleeping bags were nearly identical to products officially recalled by the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) due to suffocation risks just four months earlier. Sue Davies, Which? head of consumer protection policy, says: 'It's outrageous that dangerous baby sleeping bags are still being sold on online marketplaces.' Despite clear rules that baby sleeping bags must not have any features that could cover the baby's face, Which? found that online marketplaces are still selling dozens of potentially deadly items."
A consumer rights group pinpointed 35 baby sleeping bags sold on online marketplaces including Amazon, eBay, ManoMano and Etsy that posed serious suffocation risks. The sleeping bags featured large hoods that can fall over a baby's face and many lacked arm holes, violating British Standards Institution safety rules. Without arm holes, infants can slip down inside the bag, covering their faces and risking fatal suffocation. Several items were nearly identical to products officially recalled by the Office for Product Safety and Standards four months earlier. Some hazardous listings were removed after being reported, but many similar products remained available.
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