The Recall Desk
Our severity:CriticalCPSC·99110·Announced 1999-05-11

IKEA Recalls MULA Wooden Stacking Ring Toys Due to Choking Hazard

IKEA is voluntarily replacing the red top ball on MULA wooden stacking ring toys because it poses a choking hazard to young children.

What this means for you

Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 5/5 (Critical).

Highest-severity recall. The hazard can cause serious injury or death. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.

Our severity reasoning: The source text explicitly states that a 4-year-old boy choked to death on the toy, which meets the rubric criterion for a score of 5 (Critical) due to known fatalities.

Plain-English summary

IKEA U.S. Inc. is voluntarily recalling approximately 28,000 MULA wooden stacking ring toys in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The recall involves replacing the red ball piece located at the top of the toy, which poses a choking hazard to young children.

The MULA toy is 8.5 inches high and consists of eight brightly colored wooden rings, a red top ball, and a pedestal base with a stacking rod. IKEA has received one report of a 4-year-old boy in Europe choking to death on the top ball portion of the toy. No other injuries have been reported.

Consumers should take the red ball away from children immediately. The red ball can be mailed to IKEA U.S. Inc. at 496 West Germantown Pike, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462, with postage costs reimbursed, or taken to any IKEA store to receive a redesigned top piece. Consumers may also return the entire toy to any IKEA store for a refund. For more information, call IKEA at (800) 793-5408.

The recalled product

Product
IKEA Design and Quality MULA toys
Manufacturer
IKEA
Category
Consumer Product — Toys
Hazard

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

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