RECALL ALERT: Nuna Baby Essentials high chairs

February 11, 2016 4:14 pm

By News Staff

news@abc6.com

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is recalling Nuna Baby Essentials high chairs saying the arm bar can bend or detach, posing a fall hazard to children.

This recall includes ZAAZTM high chairs in eight models:

HC-07-004 (pewter)
HC-07-005 (carbon)
HC-07-006 (plum)
HC-07-009 (almond)
HC-08-004 (pewter)
HC-08-005 (carbon)
HC-08-006 (plum)
HC-08-009 (almond)

ZAAZ and the model number are printed under the high chair seat on a white sticker. These high chairs look like a regular kitchen table chair and have removable trays, arm bars footrests, seat pads and harnesses so that they can convert into toddler chairs. “Nuna” is printed above the footrest of the unit.

Nuna has received 50 reports of the arm bar detaching, including six reports of children falling from the high chair. Four incidents resulted in injuries, including bruising and a cut on the forehead.

Consumers should immediately stop using these recalled high chairs and contact the firm to receive a free new arm bar and instructions on how to replace it.

The chairs were sold at Albee Baby, Giggle, Magic Bean, Nordstrom and other specialty stores nationwide and online at www.nuna.euand www.wayfair.com and other online retailers from February 2013 through November 2015 for about between $250 and $300.

Nuna Baby Essentials can be contacted toll-free at 855-686-2872 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or online at www.nuna.eu/usa/ and click on “Product Recall” under the “Support” section on the sidebar of the homepage for more information.