IKEA's "problem children's furniture" hidden safety hazards

Just over a week ago, IKEA was exposed to food safety issues: According to the Shanghai Quarantine Bureau, the chocolate cream almond cake imported from IKEA has exceeded the coliform bacteria standard. In the first two days, the Shanghai Quality Supervision Department also found that some children's tables, chairs and cabinets in IKEA have hidden safety hazards and do not meet the requirements of the new national standard. A Yangzi Evening News reporter visited Nanjing IKEA and found that the "problem children's furniture " mentioned in the report was also sold in Nanjing.



A variety of children's furniture has sharp edges, which can easily hit children when running

Yesterday, the reporter visited Nanjing IKEA. Compared with the requirements of the new national standard implemented on August last year for the edges and tips of furniture : "Products should not have hazardous, dangerous, accessible edges or tips that may cause harm during use. The corners and edges should be inverted Round or chamfered. "A child bed frame called" Sang Wei ", the corners of the bed are equipped with anti-collision angles, while the" Sang Wei "crib next to it is not rounded or chamfered. IKEA sales staff responded that because children often run, the corners of the children's bed are equipped with anti-collision angles to prevent them from hitting important parts. There is no such device for baby cots.

The "Grand" desk reported by Shanghai was not sold in the IKEA children's furniture area in Nanjing, but the reporter later saw this desk in the desk area. One of the "Grand" desks was printed with the words "table legs can be adjusted 60-90cm in height, designed for young children". The corners of the desks are designed to be right-angled, too sharp and not rounded.

Some wardrobes do not have ventilation holes, children are easy to suffocate

The new national standard specifically stipulates that children hide from cats and cats in closed cabinets and suffocate: "The cabinet-type closed furniture used by children should have a certain ventilation function; or close the typing door, the cover is easy to open, and the close button cannot be equipped with an automatic lock setting . "

The reporter saw at IKEA that a cabinet named "Hanswick" has ventilation holes, while the "Trogan" and "Hannis" wardrobe cabinets have small falcon holes that are easily reserved for installing parts. However, it is not breathable, and there is no special vent setting.

Expert: You can use a dime as a reference to check whether it meets the standard

According to the requirements of the new national standard, the accessible outer corners, corners and edges of children's furniture at a height below 1600 mm from the ground need to be rounded or chamfered, and the rounded radius is not less than 10 mm, or the rounded arc length is not less than 15 mm To prevent children from being injured by bumps. When the citizens cannot bring the measuring tools with them, how to judge whether the children's furniture meets the standards?

According to experts from the National Building Materials Product Quality Supervision and Inspection Center of Nanjing Municipal Quality Inspection Institute, the diameter of a dime is just about 10 millimeters. Parents can use this as a reference before making a purchase. For children's furniture that has been purchased, if they do not meet this requirement, parents can purchase furniture protection caps and install anti-collision devices to prevent knocking and hurting children in daily life.

Within half a month

IKEA has been caught in food safety trouble twice

More than a week ago, IKEA exposed food safety issues: According to the Shanghai Quarantine Bureau, in the latest round of food quality inspection, the chocolate cream almond cake imported from IKEA exceeded the standard of coliforms, and it has currently destroyed 1.872 tons. This is the second time IKEA has been caught in a food safety turmoil less than half a month after Swedish meatballs were found to contain horse meat ingredients on February 25.

All along, many people think that food safety abroad is relatively reassuring, but the fact has broken this "wish". What is even more unacceptable is the performance of the business after the problem was exposed: the cake was found to contain Escherichia coli in Shanghai, and IKEA said "no entry into China." Want to look at the safety report, IKEA also said that consumers do not have this power.

On March 12, the Yangtze Evening News paid special attention to IKEA's food safety issues. The report pointed out that Miss Liu, a IKEA cake "fan", said that for the batch and specific name of the cake in question, "the sales staff of IKEA said to me" no problem ", but I also Did n’t see the report of qualified health? Is it all based on the verbal promise of the business? ”The Yangzi Evening News reporter logged in to IKEA ’s website with relevant questions. As a result, I could n’t find any specific textual description of IKEA ’s“ cake incident ”.

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