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Subject: [SAFETY] CPSC: English Riding Supply Recalls Wire Mouth Bits for Horses Due to Risk of Injury
 
English Riding Supply Recalls Wire Mouth Bits for Horses Due to Risk of
Injury

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in
cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of
the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled
products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or
attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.

Name of Product: Happy Mouth Wire Mouth Bits

Units: About 3,400

Importer: English Riding Supply Inc., of Scranton, Pa.

Manufacturer: Soyo International Corp, of Kobe, Japan

Hazard: The steel braided wire in the mouthpiece that connects the bit on
either side of the horse's cheeks can become frayed, rusted or worn, which
can cause the bit to break. If this happens, the rider can lose control and
fall from the horse.

Incidents/Injuries: The firm has received four reports of wire bits that
have broken and resulted in reports of injuries including broken and
fractured bones, bruises and back pain from falls.

Description: This recall involves eight models of Happy Mouth wire mouth
bits used with a bridle in horseback riding. The bits involved in this
recall have steel braided wire running through the plastic mouthpiece and
most with a metal ring on each end. Model numbers included in the recall are
462172SS, 462177SS, 462181SS, 462184SS, 464123SS, 466898SS, 466904SS and
467248SS. Model numbers can be found on a label attached to the product.
"Happy Mouth" is engraved on the plastic mouthpiece.

Sold at: Equestrian riding stores, tack shops, saddlery dealers nationwide,
through mail order and by online equestrian retailers from July 2003 through
April 2012 for between $30 and $51.

Manufactured in: Korea

Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using these bits and return them
to the retailer where purchased or return the bits directly to English
Riding Supply for a refund.

Consumer Contact: For additional information, please contact English Riding
Supply toll-free at (866) 569-1600 between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. ET Monday
through Friday, or visit the firm's website at www.englishridingsupply.com.
Consumers can also email the firm at hmbits at englishridingsupply.com

To see this recall on CPSC's web site, including pictures of the recalled
products, please go to:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml12/12190.html

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This message is from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
(www.cpsc.gov), an independent federal regulatory agency, located at 4330
East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814  Toll-free hotline: (800) 638-2772.

Report an Unsafe Product: www.SaferProducts.gov

Thank you.

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