IKEA Recalls Children's Bed Canopies Due to Strangulation Hazard

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

Mar 20, 2014, 03:00 ET

WASHINGTON, March 20, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Consumers should stop using this product unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.

Recall Summary

Name of Product: Children's bed canopies

Hazard: An infant or young child can get entangled at the neck in the canopy's fabric, posing a strangulation hazard.

Remedy: Refund

Consumer Contact: IKEA toll-free at (888) 966-4532 anytime or online at www.ikea-usa.com and click on the recall link at the top of the page for more information.

Recall Details

Units: About 255,000 in the United States, 7,000 in Canada and 2.6 million worldwide

Description: This recall involves IKEA children's bed canopies. The canopies are made out of mesh fabric and hang from the ceiling onto a child's crib or bed. They measure about 7 ft. long and about 2 ft. in diameter. The canopy's name is printed on the washing instructions label sewn onto the bottom of the fabric.

Photos and Styles are available at: http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2014/IKEA-Recalls-Childrens-Bed-Canopies

Incidents/Injuries: 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 exclusively at: IKEA stores nationwide and online at www.ikea-usa.com from August 1996 through March 2014 for between $10 and $30.

Importer: IKEA North America Services LLC, of Conshohocken, Pa.

Manufactured in: Czech Republic, Estonia, Lithuania and Vietnam

Note: Health Canada's press release is available at http://healthycanadians.gc.ca/recall-alert-rappel-avis/hc-sc/2014/38477r-eng.php

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