Health Canada's May 14, 2026 recall notice warns that screws on the HARPPA Wooden Baby Playpen Gate can loosen and detach, creating choking and injury hazards for children.
The official Health Canada notice, RA-82067, describes an expandable enclosure 24 inches tall. Check the product's model and lot label against these identifiers. The generic enclosure in our illustrations is not an identification image of the recalled model.
| Model | PP04 |
|---|---|
| Affected lots | 2409200385 2412150360 2503080364 |
| Canadian sales period | October 2024 to May 2025 |
The company reported 473 affected units sold in Canada. The notice records four incident reports and no reported injuries in Canada as of May 10, 2026. It does not describe those four reports as four confirmed choking events.
Stop using the recalled product immediately and contact HARPPA for a replacement playpen gate. The notice provides contact details and says recalled products cannot be sold or given away in Canada.
Household hardware belongs in a small-parts hazard check. A screw that separates from a larger item can reach a child just as a loose toy part can. Here, the notice identifies screws that may loosen and detach. This analysis uses that published account and does not establish why the fasteners loosened.
Counting screws or finding them tight today does not satisfy the recall remedy. An affected unit must stay out of use while the replacement is arranged. Do not improvise a repair. Buying an anti choking device would leave the enclosure's detachable-parts hazard in place.
Before another caregiver takes over, identify the recalled item and explain why it must stay out of use. Keep children away from it. An unused item without an explanation could be mistaken for equipment that is ready to use.
Keep the model and lot details with the replacement correspondence. If the gate moves between family homes, tell both households and check who might bring it back into use. These are FITIGER's suggested planning steps, not findings from a field study.
Take current Canadian first-aid training for the child's age before an emergency. Heart & Stroke released Canada's 2025 CPR and emergency cardiovascular care guidelines on October 22, 2025. The AHA's 2025 update explains that infant choking care differs from care for older children and adults; abdominal thrusts are not recommended for infants. For a choking emergency, call 9-1-1 and follow dispatcher instructions while providing appropriate first aid. Do not delay care to find equipment. A choking rescue device does not replace first-aid training.
An April 22, 2025 entry attributed to Alex LeBegue of Ottawa in FITIGER's public customer feedback describes keeping a compact unit in a kitchen drawer. For household planning, the question is whether every caregiver knows where the kit is. That account describes a storage choice. It does not report a rescue or verify that the drawer meets any particular model's storage instructions.
Our public FAC02 human-factors summary describes a completed evaluation involving 30 people: 15 lay rescuers and 15 healthcare professionals. The simulated tasks included preparation, mask selection and installation, device handling and activity after use. The summary concerns how people interacted with equipment. It does not establish a clinical rescue-success rate or show that a device removed a loose screw from a child's airway.
The FAC02 report lists children under one year as a contraindication. A baby-product recall does not make that model suitable for infants. If researching a suction device for choking for an eligible family member, check that model's age limits, instructions and Canadian regulatory status. FITIGER's FoldPumpVac home kit and EasyPumpVac travel kit are different products to research when comparing a portable choking rescue device. Neither link establishes suitability for infants. FITIGER sells both products.
Keep the recalled gate out of use while arranging the replacement. Separately, make sure caregivers' first-aid training is current.
