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Product name HBLA non-full size baby crib
Description The HBLA baby crib is available in white, pink, and blue with solid wood end panels, one wooden spindle fixed side rail, and one wooden spindle drop side rail. The crib is packaged in a cardboard carton labeled "HBLA Dallas made in Taiwan." The crib itself bears no labeling. A picture of children and rabbits is on each side of each end panel. 
Problem This type of baby crib is banned because it fails to meet safety requirements with respect to hardware, spacing of crib spindles in slats decorative cutouts, assembly instructions, labeling, and mattress thickness. Potential hazards include falling from the crib, pinching, laceration, entrapment, and strangulation. 
Distribution Sold in retail stores in Arkansas; Texas; Oklahoma; Artesia, New Mexico; Pikeville, Kentucky; and Hammond, Louisiana. 
Company HBLA Imports, Inc., 1228 East Ledbetter, Dallas, Texas 75216; (214) 375-4831. 
Dates sold Imported in January 1985. 
Date posted 01/03/2002 
 

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