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Baby gear and the official recall notices

Is your baby's gear on a recall list?

Find the model number, search the agency that covers the product, and compare it with the notice. CPSC handles cribs, strollers and most baby gear; NHTSA handles car seats. Here is how to check, and what to do if yours is recalled.

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Four steps

How to check any baby product for a recall

  1. Find the label

    Baby gear must carry the maker, model number and month and year it was made. Car seats carry the same on a label.

    Where the label is

  2. Search the right agency

    Cribs, strollers, swings and most baby gear: CPSC. Car seats: NHTSA. Formula and baby food: FDA.

    How to search

  3. Match the model

    A recall names exact models, dates or codes. Compare yours with the notice, number by number.

    Reading a notice

  4. Follow the notice

    Most notices say to stop using the product and contact the company for the refund, repair or replacement.

    What to do next

By product

Recall basics, car seats, sleep and gear

Start with the product in front of you: a car seat to register, a crib from a relative, or a stroller from a resale group.

An empty mesh bassinet beside an adult bed, with a changing table behind itRecall basics
An orange Free Car Seat Check sign in front of a fire district vehicleCar seatsPhoto: Oregon Department of Transportation / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
An empty white crib with nothing inside, standing against a gray wallSleep
A teal pram parked on a dirt path under a tree in a parkGear and home

Before you use secondhand baby gear

  • Check it against the recall list first. CPSC says it is illegal to sell any recalled product, but used items still turn up for sale.
  • Pass on cribs made before June 28, 2011. CPSC says they are very likely to fail the current crib standards.
  • Car seats need a full history. NHTSA's checklist asks for labels, no recalls, all parts, the manual and no moderate or severe crash.

How to check used baby gear

The recall data

What ten years of recall notices show

We counted every CPSC recall from 2016 through 2025 and every NHTSA child seat campaign in the same years, using the agencies' public data.

Sources: CPSC Recalls API and NHTSA recalls API, retrieved October 5, 2026. How we counted, and the full tables

Around the house

Childproofing devices that CPSC recommends

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CPSC's childproofing guide names a short list of devices: anchors for dressers and TVs, latches for cabinets and drawers, outlet covers, gates, door knob covers, corner bumpers and alarms.

Each one only works if it is installed correctly and put back after every use, and CPSC notes that no device is completely childproof.

Which devices to start with

Furniture and TV anti-tip kits

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Cabinet and drawer latches

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Common questions

Model numbers, registration and remedies

A wooden high chair with a white tray and a navy seat with a harnessWhere to find the model number on baby gearThe label every crib, stroller and high chair must carry, and where it usually sits.Photo: ajay_suresh / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
A metal U.S. Mail roadside mailbox with its red flag upHow to get recall alerts for baby productsThe registration card in the box, and the agency email lists.
A child bedroom with a wide white eight-drawer dresser under the windowRefund, repair or replaceWhat each recall remedy means and how to claim it.

Guides

Recall questions parents ask

Car seatsQuestion

When Do Car Seats Expire? How Long They Last by Maker

Car seats expire on a date set by each maker. See what Britax, Chicco, Evenflo and Safety 1st state, where the date is printed and how to retire a seat.

Photo: Oregon Department of Transportation / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

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