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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.

Children's bed canopies
Here's product recall specific data for Children's bed canopies.

  • 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