J Mason Infant Carriers Recalled by MTS Products
Kids’ product recall 98-037. Announced by CPSC on Dec 8, 1997.
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Dec 8, 1997. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
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What’s wrong with it?
Fall
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What should you do?
The notice gives no remedy in a field of its own.
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Which ones are recalled?
J Mason Infant Carriers Recalled by MTS Products NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 8, 1997 Release # 98-037 Company Phone Number: (800) 242-1922 CPSC Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772 CPSC Media Contact: Nychelle Fleming, (301) 504-7063 CPSC, MTS Products Inc. Announce Recall of Infant Carriers WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), MTS Products Inc. of Santa Clarita, Calif., is recalling over 18,200 J. Mason infant carriers. The carrier’s handle can break causing the carrier to fall. Infants can be injured from the fall. CPSC and MTS have received seven reports of handles breaking, resulting in infants sustaining bruises, scratches and cuts. The white plastic infant carrier comes with a fabric seat pad and matching removable sun shade canopy. The fabric comes in the following designs: 1) multicolored fabric (pink, blue, white and green) with a geometric pattern 2) light blue fabric with white squiggly lines, or 3) light blue fabric with pink and purple patterns. “J. MASON” is imprinted on the handle, which can be used to convert the carrier to a rocking or feeding position. “MADE IN U.S.A.” is imprinted on the bottom of the carrier and there is a red sticker on the bottom of the carrier that reads, “Warning Do Not Use As A Car Seat.” The products are packaged in cardboard boxes with the following UPC codes: 0-26669-08249-2, 0-26669-08252-2 or 0-26669-08253-9. Kmart, Rose and State Enterprises stores nationwide sold the infant carriers from April 1996 through August 1997 for about $20. Consumers should stop using these infant carriers immediately and call MTS at (800) 242-1922 between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. PST Monday through Friday to receive a free replacement infant carrier.
J. Mason infant carriers.
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Numbers to check against yours
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UPC
026669082522 -
UPC
026669082539 -
UPC
026669082492
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Who made and sold it?
- Made by Rose’s.
- Made by State Enterprises.
- Made by Kmart.
- Made by MTS Products.
- Made by J Mason.
- Made in United States, as the notice gives it.
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Was anyone hurt?
The notice doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
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What the record doesn’t say
- 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.
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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.