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Philips put 1000’s of child displays beneath recall in response to the affected merchandise posing a doable burn hazard.
The Client Product Security Fee (CPSC) discover linked the burn and property injury hazard to a doable overheating problem with the rechargeable lithium-ion batteries within the mother or father unit of the over 12,800 Philips Avent digital video child displays getting recalled. The recall occurred Thursday.
Till dad and mom with the affected units obtain a free alternative from the corporate, they need to keep away from additional use of them, based on the discover.
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| Ticker | Safety | Final | Change | Change % |
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| PHG | KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS NV | 20.64 | +0.08 | +0.39% |
Philips informed FOX Enterprise on Friday that it was “voluntarily taking motion to recall and exchange” the affected child displays “as a part of its dedication to the best requirements of high quality and client security.”
An image of the Philips Avent digital video child monitor that has gotten recalled (Client Product Security Fee)
“There’s a threat that the battery within the mother or father unit might overheat whereas plugged into {the electrical} outlet,” the corporate’s assertion continued. “Though the housing materials complies with flammability necessities as outlined within the UL94 security customary, Philips has notified the suitable authorities of this matter in compliance with regulatory necessities.”
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Manufacturing of the 2 fashions topic to the recall – SCD630 and SCD843 – spanned a time interval operating March 2016 to December 2019, based on the CPSC discover. That data seems on the underside of the monitor for the dad and mom.
The underside of a Philips Avent digital video child monitor that received recalled (Client Product Security Fee)
Whereas Philips has not discovered of any incidents or accidents from the overheating problem within the U.S., it has for Europe. Almost two dozen reported incidents, seven of which resulted in “minor” accidents, have occurred there, the CPSC discover mentioned.
The corporate mentioned on its web site, the place the alternative registration might be discovered, that “all the opposite child displays” not coated by the recall “make use of a distinct kind of battery.”
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Gross sales of the recalled Philips Avent digital video child displays occurred from March 2016 by January 2020 on 5 web sites. They included ToysRUs.com, Amazon.com, Walmart.com, Jet.com, along with Philips’ US website, per the CPSC discover.
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