CONSUMER BRIEFS / RECALL

About 5,000 cribs made by Cranbury, N.J.-based LaJobi Inc. are being recalled because the three models -- Bonavita “Cabana,” Bonavita “Hudson” and Babi Italia “Pinehurst” -- pose entrapment and suffocation hazards to children. Consumers should stop using the cribs immediately.

The Cabana cribs, which were manufactured in Vietnam from January 2006 through October 2008 and have production dates between Jan. 1, 2006, and Oct. 31, 2008, feature wooden crib slats that can detach or break. That could create a gap where infants and toddlers could get trapped or strangled. The cribs were sold at USA Baby, Beautiful Beginnings, Buy Buy Baby and other specialty stores from January 2006 to May 2009 for about $450.

The Hudson and the Pinehurst cribs, which were made in China and have production dates of December 2006 through August 2007, feature lower spring pins on the footboard and headboard that can pop out of the tracks located on the drop side, causing the drop side to detach from the crib. When the drop side detaches, it can create a hazardous gap in which infants and toddlers could become trapped and suffocate or could fall from the cribs.

The Pinehurst cribs were sold at Babies R Us. The Hudson cribs were sold at Baby Basics, Beautiful Beginnings, Buy Buy Baby and other specialty children’s stores. The cribs were sold from December 2006 to December 2007.

Information: (866) 688-9009 or https://safetyinfo.lajobi.com.