More retailers stop selling Simplicity bassinets

At least 10 more retailers have agreed to stop selling Simplicity bassinets in the wake of the strangulation deaths of two infants and a call by the Consumer Product Safety Commission for parents to stop using the company’s 3-in-1 and 4-in-1 convertible "close sleeper" models. (See the CPSC's recall for the specific model numbers of the recalled products.)

The additional retailers who have agreed to stop selling the bassinets include AAFES, Amazon.com, Bed Bath and Beyond/BuyBuyBaby, Burlington Coat Factory, Chelsea & Scott LTD (OneStepAhead), CSN Stores, Fingerhut Direct Marketing, Kohl’s Department Stores, ShopKo Stores Inc., and USA Baby.

Those retailers join Wal-Mart, Kmart, Toys 'R' Us, Big Lots, J.C. Penney and Target which, as we reported last week on our safety blog, have agreed to recall the bassinets.

Despite the voluntary recalls by retailers, it remains unclear who, if anyone bears legal responsibility for the manufacture and distribution of the Simplicity bassinets.

Read more about this recall on our safety blog, and see the CPSC Simplicity bassinet safety alert.