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ALERT: IKEA Canada re-announces and expands recall of children's wall-mounted lamps
Summary
Immediately stop using the recalled wall lamps and return them to an IKEA store for a product exchange or refund.
Affected products
This recall involves IKEA children’s wall-mounted lamps sold in various style names, shapes and colours. The lamps have a cord, about 2.1 to 2.4 meters (7 to 8 feet) long with either a switch on the cord or a switch located on the lamp.
The following lamp styles are included in the recall reannouncement and expansion:
| Style Name | Description |
|---|---|
| BILEN | Green front of car |
| FLABB | Red lips and white teeth |
| KUSLIG | Dark blue or pink domed reading lamp |
| LJUSNING | White round plastic frame with LED light |
| MINNEN | Red, blue or mother-of-pearl domed reading lamp with silver-coloured spider on dome |
| MINNEN FACKLA | Silver and cream torch |
| MYS HJÄRTLIG | White bunny on green gingham background nightlight |
| MYS KANIN | Sleeping bunny nightlight |
| MYS MÅNE | Moon and stars nightlight |
| MYS RIVIG | Cat nightlight |
| PIFFIG | White and blue fabric domed nightlight Red, green, blue and yellow fabric domed nightlight Red fabric domed nightlight |
| SEGLATS | Sailboat nightlight |
| SKOJIG | White or green domed reading lamp with clouds |
| SMILA BAGGE | Green bug |
| SMILA BLOMMA | White, pink or red flower |
| SMILA HJÄRTA | Red heart |
| SMILA MÅNE | Yellow moon |
| SMILA SNÄCKA | Blue seashell |
| SMILA STJÄRNA | Blue star |
| SMILA SJÖHÄST | Orange seahorse |
| SMULTRON GRODA | Frog nightlight |
| SMYG | White tubular reading lamp with white metal sides White domed reading lamp with turquoise metal base White domed reading lamp with red metal base |
| SNÖIG | Light green, pink or white domed reading lamp |
| STOJA | Blue triangle on red base White pointed shade on red base with blue arrow |
| SUSSA | White rectangular lamp with grates |
| TASSA | Dark blue lamp with wooden sides |
| TASSA NATT | Dancing brown frogs Blue nightlight with moon and stars Yellow nightlight with squirrel |
Issue
Children can get entangled in the electrical cord that hangs from the children's wall-mounted lamps, posing a strangulation hazard.
A 15-month-old baby became entangled in the TASSA NATT lamp's cord and nearly strangled. This incident, and the death of a 16-month-old baby who died after getting entangled in the SMILA lamp's cord, were reported in the previous recall. In both incidents, which occurred in Europe, the lamp cord was pulled into the crib by the infants.
Health Canada has not received any reports of consumer incidents or injuries related to the use of these lamps.
What you should do
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled wall lamps and return them to an IKEA store for a product exchange or refund.
For additional information, contact IKEA toll-free at 1-800-661-9807 anytime, or visit the firm's website.
Consumers may view the release by the US CPSC on the Commission's website.
Please note that the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act prohibits recalled products from being redistributed, sold or even given away in Canada.
Health Canada would like to remind Canadians to report any health or safety incidents related to the use of this product or any other consumer product or cosmetic by filling out the Consumer Product Incident Report Form.
Additional information
Background
Number Sold
About 1.4 million in Canada, 3.5 million in the United States and 30.2 million worldwide.
This re-announcement includes IKEA children's lamps in the firm's previous recall in December 2013 and expands the number and types of lamps.
Time Period Sold
The recalled lamps were sold from May 1984 to April 2014 at IKEA stores nationwide, in IKEA's catalog and on the IKEA Canada website.
Place of Origin
Manufactured in Lithuania, China, and the United States.
Details
Distributor
Ikea Canada
Burlington, Ontario
CANADA
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