FDA Issues Warning to Maker of $1,700 Snoo Baby Bassinets (2)

Happiest Baby, Inc., maker of the wildly popular Snoo Bassinet that sells for $1,700, received a safety warning from US regulators for selling unauthorized products and for unsanitary conditions — including mold — reported on some items.

The company sold new sizes of the sleep sacks used in its bassinets that haven’t been vetted for safety and effectiveness, posing risks to infants that use them, the US Food and Drug Administration said in a statement Monday. The agency regulates medical devices and considers the Snoo products, which provide robotic movements to help newborns sleep, to be devices.

The agency’s ...