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Matalan Baby Sleeping Bags — recall

Consumer goods · United Kingdom · 2026-04-08

Hazard: Suffocation

Matalan Baby Sleeping Bags present suffocation risk

Country	United Kingdom
Category	Consumer goods
Published	2026-04-08
Model identifiers	Name Sales Period Code Barcode Matalan Winnie the Pooh and Lumpy Sleep Bag 7 July 2025 to 13 March 2026 C295792 295792000019 Matalan Bambi Sleep Bag 25 August 2025 to 13 March 2026 C295833 295833000015 Matalan Dumbo Sleep Bag 25 August 2025 to 13 March 2026 C295842 2295842000020 Matalan Tatty Ted Sleep Bag 3 November 2025 to 12 March 2026 C296328 296328000015 Matalan Winnie the Pooh Sleep Bag 12 January 2026 to 12 March 2026 C296559 2296559000013
Category	Childcare articles and children's equipment
Hazard	Suffocation
Hazard description	The products present a risk of suffocation as the neck opening can stretch during reasonably foreseeable use. This may lead to the baby slipping inside the product during normal sleep movements, and suffocating.
Non-compliance	General Product Safety Regulations 2005
Remedy	The products have been recalled from end users by Matalan. We recommend that consumers stop using this product immediately and return it to the nearest Matalan store for a full refund. No receipt is required. For more information, please see: https://www.matalan.co.uk/c/customer-services/product-recall-notice/.
Recall number	2603-0245
Official notice	View source ↗

What this means for sellers

Likely platform / channel actions	Marketplaces may delist the same or similar products, freeze or force-remove inventory (e.g. Amazon FBA) and notify past buyers; under GPSR regulators can require platforms to act within 2 working days.
Self-check for comparable products	Small-part size/pull-force compliance; age grading and warning labels.
Rules & standards likely involved	UK GPSR, UKCA · Full guide →

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