Child-Safety Products Probe: The federal Consumer Product...

Child-Safety Products Probe: The federal Consumer Product Safety Commission will investigate three child-safety products made by Safety 1st Inc., an attorney for the company said. The agency’s probe comes after Consumer Reports magazine found the products to be “not acceptable,” said Michael Lerner, chairman and president of Safety 1st. The products are a $16 nylon net designed to prevent a child from falling through a balcony or getting caught between its slats, a $10 guard to keep children away from stove burners and a $4 set of plastic knob covers to prevent a child from turning on a burner, he said. The probe is routine after any complaint, said Frederick Locker, a partner at New York-based Locker, Greenberg & Brainin, the company’s outside counsel. Chestnut Hill, Mass.-based Safety 1st said in a statement that the products meet “all applicable government regulations, including those standards pertaining to flammability.”