WASHINGTON — Safety officials announced a recall of 24,000 cribs Thursday and also warned parents against putting their babies to bed with pillows and other soft bedding that could suffocate them.
The 24,000 Indonesian-made cribs, imported by Munire Furniture Inc., have improper brackets that don’t allow their mattresses to be fully lowered. This could allow children inside the crib to crawl over the railing and fall. The recall includes the company’s Majestic Curved Top, Majestic Flat Top, Essex, Brighton/Sussex and Captiva cribs with various model numbers.
• The government warned owners of about 4.6 million recalled Ford vehicles, including F-Series pickups and earlier- model Explorer SUVs, to bring their cars and trucks immediately to dealerships to disconnect cruise-control-switch systems that have been linked to engine fires.
