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Mima Recalls Moon 3-In-1 High Chairs Due to Fall and Impact Hazard


Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 6, 2015.  

  • Mima Moon 3-in-1 High Chair with Black Seat
    Mima Moon 3-in-1 High Chair with Black Seat

Recall Summary

Name of product:  Mima Moon 3-in-1 High Chairs

Hazard:  The high chair seat can loosen and dislodge, allowing the seat and child to fall. The chair can also fall onto a child crawling underneath the seat, posing an impact hazard to the child.

Consumer Contact:  Mima at (800) 392-1206 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PT Monday through Friday or online at www.mimakidsusa.com and click on “Moon Recall Information” for more information.

Recall Details

Units:  About 1470

Description:  This recall includes Moon model 3-in-1 high chairs which adjust to a newborn, high and junior chair with a unique design consisting of a base with two feet supporting a single post that holds up the seat in a clear shell. The shell has a white inner seat with a removable seat pad in white, camel or black.  The high chair measures about 3 feet tall when in its highest position. There is a “Mima” logo where the metal post attaches to the base to the seat. There is also a “Moon” logo on the inside of the feet that form the base of the high chair. The serial and model numbers are located on a sticker on the inside of one of the two feet that form the base of the high chair.

Serial Numbers included in recall:

MC00147U to MC00282U

MC00283U to MC00313U

MC00315U to MC00316U

MC00318 to MC00419U

MC00420U to MC00556U

MC00557U to MC00576U

MC00577U to MC00586U

MC00587U to MC00596U

MC00597U to MC00606U

MC00607U to MC00616U

MC00617U to MC00636U

MC00636U to MC00655U

MC00657U to MC00659U

MC00707U to MC00756U

MC00757U to MC00796U

MC00798U to MC00806U

MC00807U to MC00906U

MC00907U to MC00956U

MC00957U to MC01006U

MC01007U to MC01031U

MC01032U to MC01056U

MC01057U to MC01059U

MC01061U to MC01095U

MC01096U to MC01115U

MC01116U to MC01125U

MC01126U to MC01135U

MC01136U to MC01170U

MC01171U to MC01175U

MC01176U to MC01265U

MC01266U to MC01295U

MC01296U to MC01305U

MC01306U to MC01325U

MC01326U to MC01415U

MC01416U to MC01623U

Incidents/Injuries:  The firm has received 14 reports of the high chair seat loosening. No injuries have been reported.

Remedy:  Consumers should stop using the high chair immediately and contact Mima to receive a free replacement upper chair section or instructions on receiving a refund.

Sold at:  The majority of the high chairs were given away at the May 9, 2014 taping of the Ellen DeGeneres television show. The remaining chairs were sold at children’s juvenile product stores in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, Texas and Virginia from February 2014 through September 2014 for about $500.

Manufacturer(s):  Sparklegate Industries, of Dongguan, Guangdong, China, through a contract manufacturing relationship with Mima International Limited, of Hong Kong.

Importer(s):  Muak Baby LLC, of Redondo Beach, Calif.

Manufactured in:  China

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products under the agency’s jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually. CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical or mechanical hazard. CPSC’s work to help 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 40 years.

Federal law bars any person from selling products subject to a publicly-announced voluntary recall by a manufacturer or a mandatory recall ordered by the Commission.

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Source: cpsc.gov


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