Consumer product recall

Various Grundens Children’s Rain Jackets with drawstrings recalled due to strangulation hazard

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Summary

Product
Various Grundens children’s rain jackets with drawstrings
Issue
Consumer products - Strangulation hazard
What to do

Immediately stop using the recalled products and remove the drawstrings from the recalled products

Affected products

This recall involves Grundens Youth Clipper 282 Rain Jacket and Youth Zenith 282 Rain Jacket.  Both jackets have a drawstring in the hood and "Grundens" printed on the left chest. The youth Clipper jacket was sold in an orange color and the youth Zenith jacket was sold in orange, navy, and camouflage colors.

The following products are affected:
Name Model number Sizes
Youth Clipper 282 Rain Jacket 10050 8-12
Youth Zenith 282 Rain Jacket 10017 8-12

Issue

Drawstrings on children's upper outerwear can become caught on playground equipment, fences, or other objects and result in strangulation, or in the case of a vehicle, the child being dragged.

As of October 1, 2025, the company has received no reports of incidents or injuries in Canada or the United States.

What you should do

Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled rain jackets and remove the drawstring to eliminate the hazard.

For more information, consumers can contact Grundens toll-free at 800-323-7327, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. PT, Monday through Thursday, and 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Friday, by email at recall@Grundens.com or online at https://grundens.com/pages/recall or www.grundens.com and click on “Recall” at the bottom of the page.

Joint recall with Health Canada, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (US CPSC) and Grundens USA, Ltd.

Please note that the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act prohibits recalled products from being redistributed, sold or even given away in Canada.

Health Canada would like to remind consumers to report any health or safety incidents related to the use of this product or any other consumer product or cosmetic by filling out the Consumer Product Incident Report Form.

This recall is also posted on the OECD Global Portal on Product Recalls website. You can visit this site for more information on other international consumer product recalls.

Additional information

Background

Number Sold

The company reported that 171 units of the affected products were sold in Canada and 8850 sold in the United-States. 

Time Period Sold

The affected products were sold from August 2015 to August 2025.

Place of Origin

Manufactured in Portugal and China

 

Details
Original published date:
Alert / recall type
Consumer product recall
Category
Consumer products - Clothing and accessories
Companies

 

Importer

Grundens USA, Ltd.Poulsbo, Washington

U.S.A

Published by
Health Canada
Audience
General public
Identification number
RA-78315

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