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CPSC, Nordstrom Inc. Announce Recall of Infant and Girls’ Sweatshirts

Kids’ product recall 00-049. Announced by CPSC on Jan 4, 2000.

CPSC’s own notice, on cpsc.gov

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The short answer

Announced by CPSC on Jan 4, 2000. 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?

Zipper pulls on these sweatshirts can detach from the garments, posing a choking hazard to young children.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

What should you do?

Consumers should stop wearing these sweatshirts immediately, and return them to any Nordstrom store, for a refund.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

  • How to reach the firm: For more information, call Nordstrom at (888) 282-6060 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. any day of the week.

Which ones are recalled?

The recalled garments are cotton/polyester blend, long-sleeve, half-zipper sweatshirts with a heart-shaped zipper pull. They are pink or blue, and sold in infant size 6 months through big girl size 16. These sweatshirts have collar labels reading, “Baby N” or “N Kids.”

About 5,300 units, as CPSC gives them.

Nordstrom infant and girls’ sweatshirts.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

CPSC’s photos

CPSC shows 1 photo on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.

Who made and sold it?

  • Distributed by Nordstrom Inc., Seattle, Wash.
  • Nordstrom stores nationwide sold these sweatshirts in December 1999 for between $22 and $28.
Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Was anyone hurt?

Nordstrom is aware of one incident in which an infant choked on the zipper pull, but suffered no permanent injuries.

Source:

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.
Source:

Hearth Record wrote these lines.

Sources

  • 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.

Source:

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.

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