Direct-to-consumer information on highchair and other recalls

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The Consumer Product Safety Commission has found a goldmine of recall and warning opportunities in child-related products. The latest recall is of Graco’s Harmony highchairs -- approximately 1.2 million of them to be exact.

Apparently the screws holding up the front legs can loosen -- and the chair can tip. Or the plastic bracket on the rear legs can crack -- and the chair can tip.

To read the recall notice itself -- yes, yes, complete with all the appropriate numbers -- go to the commission’s website. The home page also offers CPSC’s constantly updated Most Wanted list. A recent version included these products:

Want to be notified even more directly? Sign up here for one of the agency’s e-mail services. If you’ve got kids -- and kid accessories -- it might not be a bad idea.

-- Tami Dennis