INDIANA — The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has issued a series of recalls and official safety warnings targeting multiple children’s high chair models sold online between 2024 and 2026, citing critical design flaws that present a severe risk of injury or death to infants and toddlers.
Regulators warn that non-compliant chairs violate mandatory federal safety standards for high chairs, primarily due to missing or failing restraint systems and dangerous gaps between the tray and seat frame.
The Two Critical Safety Defects
Federal safety standards mandate specific structural controls to keep infants secure during mealtime. The recent wave of regulatory actions highlights two main hazards present in non-compliant models:
- Missing or Failing Restraint Systems: Federal rules require high chairs to feature permanently attached crotch and waist restraints. Models sold without attached restraints or with latches, trays, and straps that easily disengage leave infants vulnerable to falling—potentially leading to severe head injuries or skull fractures.
- Head Entrapment Openings: Openings between the high chair seat and tray (or leg cutouts) that allow a child’s body to pass through while trapping their head create a severe strangulation and entrapment risk that can prove fatal within minutes.
Affected Brands and Models
The CPSC’s regulatory actions include recalls and public safety warnings against several high chair models sold through major online retailers such as Amazon and Walmart:
- Harppa 5-in-1 Convertible High Chairs (Model BHC001): Sold on Walmart.com, these chairs lacked the required attached restraint system and created a deadly head entrapment gap between the seat and tray.
- Bicystar Children’s High Chairs (Model TB-HC6900): Sold on Amazon, these units were distributed without required attached crotch restraints and posed head entrapment hazards.
- Babimoni Multifunctional High Chairs: Subject to an urgent CPSC warning after failing to agree to a voluntary recall, these chairs exhibited tipping hazards, non-attached restraints, tray detachment issues, and entrapment gaps.
- Additional Flagged Models: Public warnings and recalls have also addressed models including Rotinyard, MJKSARE (Model H-601), Funlio Convertible High Chairs, Costway Babyjoy 6-in-1 Activity Centers, and specific legacy models like Graco Harmony High Chairs over structural failures, loose hardware, leg opening hazards, or disengaging trays.
Action Steps for Parents and Caregivers
Federal safety officials strongly urge parents to take immediate precautions:
- Verify Your High Chair: Visit SaferProducts.gov or the CPSC recall database to check whether your high chair model is subject to a recall or safety alert.
- Stop Use Immediately: If your high chair has been recalled, stop using it right away. Follow the manufacturer’s disposal instructions (often requiring consumers to cut straps/fabric and submit proof of destruction). Do not sell, donate, or give away recalled nursery products.
- Always Buckle In: Buckle all restraint straps every single time your child is placed in a high chair, even for short meals.
- Supervise at All Times: Never leave an infant unattended in a high chair.
To report a dangerous high chair or an injury caused by a nursery product, consumers can visit SaferProducts.gov or call the CPSC Hotline at 800-638-2772.
