Product Recall: Kmart Anko Baby Activity Chairs

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Australia/Canberra: Kmart Australia Ltd, a Mulgrave, Melbourne, Victoria establishment, recalls certain batch/lots of Anko Baby Activity Chairs from the Australian marketplace due to failure to comply with Australia’s mandatory standard for Toys for Children up to and including 36 months of age and consequential risks of choking, suffocation or glass ingestion, GI tract laceration damage, bowel obstruction and/or sepsis, all serious health and safety hazards requiring immediate medical intervention to minimize pain and suffering as well as prevent life-altering injury or death.

ACCC: https://rb.gy/p6lfh

Direct link: https://www.productsafety.gov.au/recalls/kmart-australia-limited-%E2%80%93-anko-baby-activity-chair

Additional information:
The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (“ACCC”) reports the following Children’s Furniture products are subject to this recall:

• Anko Baby Activity Chairs, consisting of small chairs where a young child is placed into a harness to play with various animal designs on a printed activity panel and are sold with a Kmart SKU of 43141630

==> No barcodes, APNs, item numbers, manufacturing date codes, production dates, regulatory approval designations, registration numbers, agency approval designations or other identification numbers were listed with this recall notification.

These Children’s Furniture products were known to be marketed, distributed and sold in all Australian states, although it is always possible these Children’s furniture products had outside distribution within the country. When in doubt, please contact the manufacturer for specific product information.

Please consult the photograph above for details of the product’s design and retail presentation. Additional images of the recalled Anko Baby Activity Chairs can be found on the Web site above.

According to the ACCC, Kmart Australia Ltd. has recalled certain batch/lots of Anko Baby Activity Chairs from the Australian marketplace due to failure to comply with Australia’s mandatory standard for Toys for Children up to and including 36 months. As a direct result of this suspected defect, you should neither let your child play with or near the recalled Children’s Furniture products identified above.

• In this case, this recall was initiated after the material stitching around the Elephant’s Ear in the recalled Anko Baby Activity Chairs that secures the small Plastic Mirror may fail. If this defect occurs, it could release the Mirror and pose a consequential risk to the health of children who utilize the product in a reasonable manner expected with its intended design and anticipated use.

In general, if glass, plastic or metal fragments are ingested, they could cut the mouth, stomach or other parts of the GI tract, cause intestinal perforation or serious infection and possibly require surgical intervention for their safe removal.

Proposed Remedy:
If you believe you have purchased or have in your possession the recalled Anko Baby Activity Chairs, please do not use them or let your child play with or near them. Instead, kindly return the product to the store where you purchased it for a full refund.

==> If you have a medical emergency, please contact 0-0-0, your closest hospital or emergency centre equipped to properly treat choking, suffocation or glass ingestion, GI tract laceration damage, bowel obstruction and/or sepsis.

You can read more about Australia’s Mandatory standard for the design and construction of Toys for children up to and including 36 months here: https://www.productsafety.gov.au/product-safety-laws/safety-standards-bans/mandatory-standards/toys-for-children-up-to-and-including-36-months-of-age.

==> If you have a medical emergency, please contact 0-0-0, your closest hospital or emergency centre equipped to properly treat laceration, GI tract laceration damage and/or bowel obstruction.

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If you have any further questions, comments or complaints about this recall notification, please contact Kmart Customer Service on 1800 124 125 from 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Australian Eastern Standard Time (“AEST”), Monday to Friday. Alternatively, you can visit the company’s Web site at https://www.kmart.com.au.

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More information about this recall:
ACCC PRA number: 2023/19870
Recalls Direct RIN: 17403-2023
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