Best&Less baby sleepsuit recalled for serious injury, death risks
Product Safety Australia issued the recall for the Best&Less printed velour sleeveless sleepbag range, after it was revealed that the shoulder snap could come off during use and become detached.
This poses a serious hazard, Product Safety Australia warned, as there could be a risk of serious injury of death from choking if a child swallows the small shoulder snap part.
The shoulder snap could become detached and pose a serious danger. Picture: ACCC Product Safety
Parents who bought the sleepsuit were warned to 'stop using the product immediately' by Product Safety, and to return it to Best&Less for a full refund.
The products were sold between 22 May 2025 and 18 June 2025, and were sold online and in-store.
Some of the sleepbags featured cherry and blue stars, and can be identified by the SKU code on its tag.
The codes are as follows: 1717056, 1717057, 1717058, 1717053, 1717054, and 1717055.
Brendan Kearns
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Brendan Kearns is a cadet journalist with News Corp Australia. He has written for The Australian, the Herald Sun, the Geelong Advertiser, CHOICE, Cosmos, and The Citizen. He won Democracy's Watchdogs' Student Award for Investigative Journalism 2024 and hosted the third season of award-winning podcast Uncurated. He studied as Master of Journalism at The University of Melbourne, before that he worked as a video producer and disability worker.
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