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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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