The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in cooperation with Triple Eight Distribution, Inc., has announced a voluntary recall of bicycle helmets for children and youth. Product testing demonstrated the helmets do not comply with CPSC safety standards for impact resistance, which could result in impact head injuries in a fall.

The recall affects about 30,400 units manufactured in China. The product was sold in bicycle and sports stores and other retailers nationwide and online from August 2006 through November 2011 for about $40. The recalled items are multi-purpose helmets, which also may have been marketed as a bicycle helmet. Brands involved include:

Little Tricky, marketed for children and youth. Little Tricky helmets feature a large Little Tricky logo on both sides of the helmets. They came in one size, and in black, white, pink, and green.

Triple Eight S/M EPS Liner helmets feature a hard black inner EPS foam liner and come in black, white, bone, blue and army green. Sector 9 S/M EPS Liner helmets feature the same EPS liner and come in gray, white, black, blue and green. Both the Triple Eight and Sector 9 helmets have an interior label indicating the size “S/M” for small/medium, and a manufacture date indicated as month/year (ie: APR/2011). Only size “S/M” EPS Liner helmets are affected.

Consumers should stop using the product immediately and contact Triple Eight for a full refund. For additional information, contact Triple Eight toll free at (888) 548-8518 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or visit the firm’s website at www.triple8.com.