Popular clothing brand Bonds has been forced to issue a recall on a number of their baby onesies after an industrial sewing needle was found embedded into the sleeve of a babysuit.
Victorian mother, Anny Brooks, spoke to news.com.au about her horror find, which she came across when dressing her daughter after a bath.
Anny was preparing her daughter, Nina’s, onesie after her bath when she ran her hands over the garment to make sure it was safe – it was then that she found a 1.5 cm needle sticking out of the sleeve.
“I’m very pedantic about checking my kids’ clothes. I run my hands inside the garments, I think it’s just an OCD thing,” Anny told news.com.au, “I ran my hand through it after I gave her a bath and it scratched my hand. I thought it was just one of those plastic tag things but I pulled my hand out and there was a nice big scratch there.”
“I turned the suit inside out and there was a broken industrial sewing needle there. It was intertwined in the thread — it was sewn into the suit,” she continued, “I had washed the suit beforehand and it still was stuck in there.”
The incident left Mrs Brooks livid.
“I was ropeable,” said Anny, “I would never have known and the needle would have pressed against her upper arm, I would have swaddled her and she would have been screaming in pain, I would not have known until I unwrapped her.”
“I don’t even want to think about it, it makes me sick. The scratch on my hand was red raw the next day, and my hands are like leather boots, so imagine if it was her arm.”
The Bonds Newbie Coverall and the Pop Woven Dress.
“I just want to make other parents aware — just check your kid’s clothing because something like that is so dangerous.”
After posting about the offending garment on her Facebook, a post which was shared over 1500 times, Bonds has responded to Mrs Brooks by recalling all garments that were manufactured in the “relevant period”.
The recall, which will include the Pop Woven Dress and the Newbies Coverall Long Sleeve (pictured above), will be officially published in tomorrow’s major newspapers.
“All garments made by our suppliers must be supported by detailed records of quality control processes, including evidence that products have been through a metal detection process and all sewing needles are accounted for,” said a Bonds spokesperson.
“In the past 24 hours, our quality control team inspected the facility that made the garment in question. A gap in the necessary record keeping process was identified across a brief production period with regard to the manufacture of Newbies Coverall Long Sleeve and the Pop Woven Dress.”
If you are concerned about a Bonds garment that you currently own, please contact 1800 806 906 or email [email protected].
Please note the onesie in the first picture is not the affected garment.
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