25,000 Recalled High Chairs Returned To Manufacturer With Infant Still In Seat

MINNEAPOLIS—Following a withdrawal of the product in response to federal concerns about its faulty nature, 25,000 recalled Graco high chairs were reportedly returned to the manufacturer this week with an infant still in the seat. “To be clear, we really just wanted the high chairs back for safety reasons—we aren’t equipped to take these kids,” said spokesperson Steven Sanders, describing the thousands of 6- and 7-month-olds who had arrived at the company’s loading bay strapped into the company’s defective high chairs, many with their faces still covered in food. “We’re trying to figure out the best path forward. This is an industrial factory environment, and the babies are clearly not happy here. Some of them have also started to wiggle themselves free and get onto the assembly line, which was really the problem that caused all of this in the first place.” At press time, Graco had pledged to ship defect-free high chairs to all of the affected parents with brand-new infants strapped inside.