CPSC Recall in 2014: IKEA Recalls Children's Bed Canopies Due to Strangulation Hazard

Updated on January 18, 2026.

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Data Source: CPSC.

Recall Number: 14-137

Date: March 20, 2014

Product Name: Children's bed canopies

Recall 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:

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.

Sold At:

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

Manufactured In:

Czech Republic, Estonia, Lithuania and Vietnam