Avis Ward

Warning Issued: Select Baby Clothes by Carter's Inc. Caused Rashes



Posted: Sunday, October 26, 2008

by
GeoVi's Home for Pregnant Teens

The Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC) has issued a warning against some of Carter's Inc. baby clothes. The warning was issued after 400 babies were reported to have developed a rash on their backs. This is a warning and not a product line recall.

The baby garments belong to the company's 2007 fall line which could still be on the shelves. The fall 2007 line includes about 110 million garments, said Mary Drayna, a manager for the Atlanta company. The affected clothing includes knit items such as body suits, shirts and pajamas. All of the items were made in foreign countries but sold at Carter's retail stores and at department and national chain stores, according to CPSC.  It is believed babies with sensitive skin have experienced an allergic reaction to the ink in the heat transfer process of labeling baby clothes.

"It appears that a very small percentage of children can be allergic to one or more ingredients in the labels. The solid, rather than stenciled, background on the fall 2007 labels appears to have produced a more pronounced and noticeable reaction among those children who are most allergic to the ink," the announcement said.

The Commission said parents should stop using this clothing if a rash develops. The company's internal review of the product found "no indication that the labels contain any known skin irritants or abrasive chemicals, or that such a rash is anything beyond a rare allergic reaction to an otherwise safe product."

For more information, consumers can call 888-282-4674 or visit or the company's website.

2008 by Avis Ward of GeoVi's Home for Pregnant Teens

Avis is founder of El Elyon Outpouring Center, an Empowerment Outreach Ministry emphasizing God’s Unconditional Love and Grace and GeoVi’s Home for New Life, a nonprofit providing faith, hope, and love to teens, pregnant teens and their babies. She's CEO of Providential Coaching, a Christian Life coaching practice teaching young women how-to turn within for divine direction to learn and follow the plan God has for their lives. She's the host and creator of Devoted Housewives in the House of God, an Internet Radio Talk Show. Speaker, Seminar Leader and an Ambassador of Love. Avis respectfully acknowledges her deceased parents as her role models, and the hero and heroine in her life.
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