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CPSC, IKEA Home Furnishings Announce Recall of Fargglad Multi-Color Children’s Chair

Kids’ product recall 05-013. Announced by CPSC on Oct 15, 2004.

CPSC’s own notice, on cpsc.gov

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Announced by CPSC on Oct 15, 2004. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.

Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.

What’s wrong with it?

Choking hazard from red plastic feet that can detach from chair legs.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

What should you do?

Full refund. Take the Fargglad multi-color children’s chair away from young children immediately and return it to the “Returns and Exchanges” department at any IKEA U.S. store for a full refund.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

  • How to reach the firm: Call IKEA at (888) 966-4532 anytime, or visit the IKEA website at www.ikea-usa.com

Which ones are recalled?

Fargglad multi-color children’s chairs have the article number 400.548.40 and the supplier number (either 16592 or 17128) on a label on one of the chair’s rear legs, or on the underside of the chair seat. The chair has a tubular steel frame with woven multi-color solid plastic piping used for the chair’s seat and back. The plastic feet are red.

7,279 units, as CPSC gives them.

Fargglad multi-color children’s chair.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

CPSC’s photos

CPSC shows 2 photos on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.

Who made and sold it?

  • Distributed by IKEA Home Furnishings, Plymouth Meeting, Penn.
  • IKEA stores sold the recalled children’s chair from May 2003 through September 18, 2004, for about $15.
  • Made in Vietnam and China, as the notice gives it.
Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Was anyone hurt?

None reported.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

What the record doesn’t say

  • The notice lists no UPCs, so check the model, the description and the photos.
  • The notice lists no model numbers in a field of their own; its description may give them.
  • How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Source:

Hearth Record wrote these lines.

Sources

  • U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recalls API.

    Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.

Source:

Recalls of kids’ and home products are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record. Copied on Oct 19, 2026.

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