CPSC & Montgomery Wards Recall Boys Jackets and Sweatshirts
Home product recall 00010b. Announced by CPSC on Nov 1, 1999.
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Nov 1, 1999. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The jackets and sweatshirts have hood drawstrings. Children can get entangled and strangle in the drawstrings that catch on playground equipment, fences or tree branches.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
Stop wearing the jackets and sweatshirts. Either remove the drawstrings from the hood or discard or destroy these products.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: For further information, consumers may call CPSC’s toll-free Hotline at 800-638-2772.
Which ones are recalled?
The jackets and sweatshirts being recalled were sold under the brand name North West Blue and have the following identification numbers printed on the care label: “RN90866” or “RN81862”. The garments are made in Nepal or Pakistan from 100 percent cotton in sizes small through large. The sweatshirt is style RN 90866, which comes in navy or olive. This is a pullover style sweatshirt with a zipper front pouch pocket and elbow pads. The jacket is style RN 81862, which comes in khaki, navy, olive or natural with stripes on the chest and sleeves. This is a zip front jacket made from cotton canvas with a fleece hood. “North West Blue” is on a sewn-in label at the neck of both garment styles.
About 780 units, as CPSC gives them.
North West Blue boys hooded jackets and sweatshirts.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
CPSC’s photos
CPSC shows 2 photos on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.
Who made and sold it?
- Distributed by Montgomery Ward, Chicago, Ill.
- Montgomery Ward stores nationwide sold the garments, from August 1999 to October 1999, for about $20.
- Made in Nepal and Pakistan, as the notice gives it.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Was anyone hurt?
None reported.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- The notice lists no UPCs, so check the model, the description and the photos.
- The notice lists no model numbers in a field of their own; its description may give them.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recalls API.
Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
Recalls of kids’ and home products are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record. Copied on Oct 19, 2026.