# Stop using HAMAX Buddy child seat, label poses suffocation risk

> HAMAX is warning, via Decathlon, that a loose fabric label on the safety belt of its Buddy child seat can pose a direct suffocation risk to a child.

Society · published 2026-10-18 18:35 · https://nlnow.nl/a/decathlon-child-seat-recalled-over-choking-risk-from-loose-label/

HAMAX is warning, via Decathlon, about its HAMAX Buddy child seat. The fabric brand label on the safety belt is not attached properly. A child can pull the label off and put it in its mouth, which poses a direct risk of suffocation. The advice is not to use the child seat.

The product is the Baby seat HAMAX Buddy, article number 4091054, model number 8591602, barcode 70297755203498. It was sold from 01-01-2022 to 06-08-2026. The full warning is on the Decathlon website.

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