Evenflo Company Statement: Consumer Reports Car Seat Review Not ...

VANDALIA, Ohio, Jan. 3 -- Evenflo Company, Inc. is deeply concerned that Consumer Reports magazine has decided to publish an article that may potentially alarm consumers about the safety of their infant child restraints. The magazine decided to publish this article without consultation with child seat manufacturers, even though the tests appear to have been conducted in October and November of last year. Evenflo is committed to manufacturing safe and highly effective car seats that meet or exceed government standards. In addition, Evenflo subjects its car seats to extensive testing both in-house and through independent laboratories to ensure every car seat is compliant before initial sale of its products and during ongoing production. Despite our request, Consumer Reports has declined to provide us with an advance copy of the article, and further declined to disclose in advance of publication the pertinent information relating to its underlying test conditions and protocols.

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