No recall has been issued yet, but about 400 babies who wore the Carter’s “tagless” clothing developed rashes on their backs. The affected clothes are from the fall 2007 line, which have a solid background. The “tagless” labels with stenciled backgrounds have not been linked to skin rashes.
Carter’s announced on their website, “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.”
October 27th, 2008 at 1:17pm
Thanks for posting. I’m a die-hard Carter’s fan, but I haven’t noticed any rashes. I’ll keep an eye out.
October 27th, 2008 at 1:52pm
I thought I was going to be in the clear, but then I remembered shopping with you and buying that orange onesie…now I’ll have to go check. Thanks for posting all the warning/recall stuff!
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October 31st, 2008 at 12:38pm
Susan Anderson - yeah Carter’s really has some cute stuff. I’m more of an Oshkosh fan, but I only buy their stuff on clearance-discount-last-years-stock-sales cause brand names can be spendy.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:40pm
Angel - Last years fall items are going to be on the clearance on sale sales racks this year, so still keep an eye out.