Both CPSC and Healt Canada has recently published some guidelines on the correct use of BABY CARRIERS and slings carriers for babies.

An incorrect use of these products may cause the child to get unnatural positions, with the head excessively bent
on his chest or with its mouth in close contact with the carer's body or with parts of the carrier, causing suffocation.

The need to underline this hazard has been arised after 3 deaths caused by a specific sling carrier for babies, which has been withdrawn from the US and European market (RAPEX). Often consumers believe that the use of sling baby carriers is more 'natural' then the use of baby carriers in which the child is in a vertical position and they believe that the contact of the child with the carer's body is preferable to carrying the child in a hand-held infant carrier.

This belief may lead carers to undertake the suffocation hazard for the child.
Parents shall be informed about the correct use of the product and about the hazards arising from a not correct
use.

It is foreseeable that, after this withdrawal, both in the USA and in Europe, some standardization work will
start to cover new requirements for such products.

WHAT ICQ CAN DO FOR YOU?
ICQ RISK ASSESSMENT is the first proactive step in producing a safe quality product beyond the
applicable Standards. Our team of engineers, chemists, psychologists, behavioral and safety experts can review your product even before it leaves the drawing board.

We are at your disposal for any further information.