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January 5th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
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Suzannah Hills
Last updated at 3:00 PM on 5th January 2012
Furniture giant Ikea is urging parents who purchased a high chair from a certain batch to get in touch after several children were injured because of faulty safety belts.
The £10.99 Antilop self-assembly high chair has a plastic seat and comes with a safety belt included.
But the retailer warns that a batch of the high chairs have faulty belts that ‘open unexpectedly’.
Recalled: The Antilop high chair – from supplier #17389 and production date 0607-0911 – that has a faulty safety belt
So far, stores have received eight complaints about the belt opening, causing children to fall and resulting in three minor injuries.
Customers can identify whether their chair is from the faulty batch by checking the codes moulded into the underside of the seat.
Only Antilop chairs – which come in red, blue and white – from supplier #17389 and production date 0607-0911 are affected.
Customers with this code on their Antilop high chair are being asked to contact the store’s customer services department immediately.
In a statement, the company said: ‘The high chair belt can open unexpectedly in use, creating a fall hazard.
‘Ikea has received eight reports of belt opening, including three resulting in minor injury when a child fell from the high chair.
‘No other high chairs are affected. Ikea apologises for any inconvenience this may cause.’
On the Ikea website the Antilop high chair is described as ‘easy to disassemble and carry along’.
It adds that the Antilop is ‘a high chair that helps your child develop their eating and social skills’.
Parents’ website Mumsnet said the high chair has proved to be popular with their users.
Mumsnet CEO and Co-Founder Justine Roberts said: ‘Getting the right high chair is pretty important to most parents.
‘It needs to be sturdy, safe and easy to clean.
‘As parents discuss high chairs on Mumsnet, the Antilop high chair has been a firm favourite of Mumsnet users and any affected will be reassured to know they can exchange the harness.’
Apologies: Ikea has asked customers with affected high chairs to visit one of their stores or call customer services
This is not the first time Ikea – the world’s largest furniture retailer – has had to recall a high chair product.
In 2009, Ikea issued an urgent recall of the popular Leopard high chair after a child suffered bruising in a fall.
The Leopard chair had faulty locks securing the seat to the frame of the unit, which resulted in at least one child falling through the frame, injuring their legs.
While the chairs were manufactured and tested according to European and
UK safety guidelines, the snap locks themselves were also found to be a choking hazard and Ikea called for all who purchased the chair at the time to return it for a full refund.
Customers who bought an affected Antilop chair can visit their local Ikea store or contact customer services on 0845 358 3364 to receive a replacement belt free of charge.
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Get what you pay for …………………………..RUBBISH !
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A child shouldn’t be left unattended in it anyway! Can’t fault it, it’s so easy to use and clean and brilliant for not letting them slouch back with a tray up to their chin when they’re smaller like most bigger padded ones! – Ben, Uk, 05/1/2012 14:39 — You can’t fault what? The one you bought from a safe batch or the ones that are being recalled from a faulty batch. Read the article, then comment.
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Its great for pushing right upto the table. Thats the beauty of it and that way the child won’t fall out. Common sense instructions needed for some.
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We had two of these for our twins (because they were stackable which was necessary for our tiny kitchen) and thought they were great. Sturdy and very easy to clean. However, we weren’t impressed with the belts. They were lap belts without shoulder straps that did very little to keep two little busy bodies in their seats. We replaced the belts with 5 point harnesses which, for our boys, worked much better.
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A child shouldn’t be left unattended in it anyway!
Can’t fault it, it’s so easy to use and clean and brilliant for not letting them slouch back with a tray up to their chin when they’re smaller like most bigger padded ones!
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if you buy cheap tat- expect to get cheap tat.
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I’ve got no complaints. Easy to wipe down and sturdy. Used this product for 2 kids and passed it on to my sister in law who used it for her 3. If someone crashes their car do we ban cars? Sad recall to appease the bubble wrapped brigade.
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Why is it everything you buy from Ikea requires self-assembly? I ordered a pillow online the other day and they sent me me 2 geese and a duck ! – Things ‘aint what they used to be, Thanks for that – feeling a bit fed up today and that made me chuckle! – Jo, Liverpool, 5/1/2012 12:41 – You are most welcome Jo.
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Bought one of the Antilop high-chairs in Ikea UK 12 years ago. All of my grandchildren when little have used it at mealtimes without any problems whatsoever. The belt opening has never failed, must be a new manufacturer.
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I was kindly given one of these by a friend of a friend when i first fell pregnant, well 15 months on and i can safely say it never got used. It looks unsafe, feels uncomfortable, and well my hubby brought a new ultra padded one so we could use it from 6 months on… I suppose it would be ok for holidays or grandparents, but not for every day use.
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