Product Recall Number: 14-137
Why was Children's bed canopies recalled?
An infant or young child can get entangled at the neck in the canopy's fabric, posing a strangulation hazard.
Product Recall Number: 14-137
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2014-03-20
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: Children's bed canopies
Description: A child can get tangled at the neck in the canopy's 7-foot long mesh fabric.
Hazard Description: An infant or young child can get entangled at the neck in the canopy's fabric, posing a strangulation hazard.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Refund
Units: About 255,000 in the United States, 7,000 in Canada and 2.6 million worldwide
Incidents: There have been nine reports worldwide of children getting entangled in the bed canopies, including one in the U.S. involving a 7-month-old girl who pulled the canopy's fabric into her crib and wrapped it around her neck several times.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled children's bed canopies and return them to any IKEA store for a full refund.
Sold At: IKEA stores nationwide and online at www.ikea-usa.com from August 1996 through March 2014 for between $10 and $30.
Importers: None Listed
Manufacturers: None Listed
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: Czech Republic, Estonia, Lithuania and Vietnam
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed