The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has recalled over 100,000 pairs of jeans made in Kenya for babies and distributed at retail outlets in America.
According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), due to various production flaws, baby jeans are harmful and hazardous to wearers.
The garment items include metal snaps that might come off and suffocate infants and young children according to reports.
Retail establishments have been directed to contact the parents of the item purchasers and make the return process as simple as possible in response to the identified safety issues.
Each pair of the 100,000 pieces sold for approximately Ksh3,600 (USD25), with 97,400 of those sales occurring in the US and 1,800 in Canada.
Clothes exported to the US are manufactured at garment companies operating in the Export Processing Zones (EPZ) in Nairobi and Machakos counties.
The clothes are exported under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) arrangements that give garment manufacturers in Africa preferential access to the US market.
