IKEA urges customers who have LATTJO Tongue Drums or LATTJO Drumsticks to immediately remove them from children and return them to any IKEA store where they will receive a full refund.
CONSHOHOCKEN, PA, 2016-Jan-16 — /EPR Retail News/ — IKEA has received six reports of the rubber ball on the end of the drumsticks detaching or being unscrewed. These reports were from staff in IKEA stores in Germany, Denmark, Spain and the Netherlands. No incidents or injuries have been reported in the United States.
Despite approved tests we are therefore precautionary recalling LATTJO Tongue Drum LATTJO Drumsticks to avoid any incidents.
LATTJO drumsticks and LATTJO tongue drum have been sold on all IKEA markets from November 2015 to December 2015.
The LATTJO Tongue Drum is a solid birch rectangular-shaped drum with a turquoise-dot print on the front and two solid red circles on top. The drum measures about 8 inches long by 2-3/4 inches wide by 2-3/4 inches deep. The drum comes with a seven inch mallet with a turquoise painted handle and black rubber ball on the end. IKEA and LATTJO are printed on a label on the bottom of the drum.
The LATTJO Drumstick set includes two solid birch drumsticks, two brushes and two mallet-type drumsticks with black rubber balls on the ends. The set was sold in a turquoise polyester roll-up pouch with a red and white striped fabric panel in the center. The pouch measures about 15 inches long by 10 inches wide. IKEA and LATTJO was printed on a label attached to the pouch.
Proof of purchase (receipt) is not required for a full refund. For more information, please visit www.IKEA-usa.com or contact IKEA toll-free (888) 966-4532.
We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause.
www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2016/IKEA-Recalls-Toy-Drums-and-Drumstick-Sets
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