{"id":22507,"date":"2023-03-29T13:53:09","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T13:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/?p=22507"},"modified":"2023-03-29T13:57:19","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T13:57:19","slug":"ikea-uae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/2023\/03\/29\/ikea-uae\/","title":{"rendered":"Ikea UAE recalls children\u2019s game over choking risks, offers full refund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\n<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ikea.com\/ae\/en\/stores\/dubai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ikea UAE<\/a>, operated by Majid Al Futtaim, has recalled a fishing game due to a potential choking hazard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The game can be returned to any Ikea store for a full refund even without proof of purchase receipt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Ikea said that it had noted small rivets on the toy can come loose and can result in a potential choking hazard, especially for smaller children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/2023\/02\/13\/al-futtaim-ikea-keeps-prices\/\">Ikea<\/a> UAE said in a statement: &#8220;Ikea urges all customers who own Blavingad fishing game multicolour to stop using it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cSafety is a top priority for Ikea and therefore we are taking precautionary measures and recalling Blavingad fishing game multicolour, due to a potential choking hazard.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cIkea develops its products using a rigorous risk assessment and testing programme, to make sure that the products live up to all applicable laws and standards in the markets where they are sold.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">For more information, the public can contact Ikea toll-free at 8004532.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cIkea apologises for any inconvenience this recall may cause,\u201d the statement added.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Majid Al Futtaim&#8217;s Ikea UAE has recalled a fishing game citing a potential choking risk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":10308,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[4819],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22507"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22507"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22511,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22507\/revisions\/22511"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}