IKEA is picking up a ticket again.
The National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System shows that IKEA Trading (China) Co., Ltd. has the following illegal acts: improper use may easily cause damage to the product itself or may endanger personal and property safety without warning signs or Chinese warning instructions, August 9 On the same day, Shanghai Pudong New Area Market Supervision Administration confiscated 306,600 yuan of illegal income and fined 476,800 yuan. The total fines and confiscations amounted to RMB 783,400.
IKEA offline store. Guangzhou Daily·Xinhuacheng reporter Li Bo
Two IKEA children's furniture
age warning signs do not meet the requirements
It is reported that since June 2017, the party involved IKEA Trading (China) Co., Ltd. has commissioned a domestic manufacturer Taizhou City Longyang Furniture Co., Ltd. produces PAHL desks, purchased SUNDVIK long beds overseas, and distributed them to IKEA's online and offline stores in China through the IKEA Purchasing (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. logistics system for external retail. Both products Labeled as "IKEA" brand.
However, after inspection, the above two product labels are not in compliance with the standard requirements of GB 28007-2011 "General Technical Requirements for Children's Furniture", and the inspection result is unqualified.
This standard clearly requires that children's furniture products must clearly indicate the applicable age group of the product, namely: "3~6 years old", "3 years old and above" or "7 years old and above". Shanghai Institute of Quality Supervision and Inspection Technology "Inspection Report" shows that the sampling test samples may be marked with "recommended age (years): 8", "recommended age (years): +3", or no applicable age group Label.
In June of this year, IKEA’s children’s furniture Sunway plus long bed and Pell desk were once received by Shanghai for “improper use, which may cause damage to the product itself, or products that may endanger the safety of people and property without warning signs or Chinese warning instructions”. The Xuhui District Market Supervision and Administration Bureau confiscated about 144,900 yuan of illegal gains, fined about 56,100 yuan, and ordered corrections.
IKEA also apologized for false advertising this month
Currently,IKEA has many pieces of administrative punishment information in the country.
Not long ago, an administrative penalty decision issued by the Shanghai Municipal Administration of Market Supervision on IKEA China showed that IKEA China was fined more than 1.72 million yuan for violating the relevant regulations of the Advertising Law, and related advertisements were also ordered to stop. release. The reason for the punishment is that the IKEA curtain advertisement does not state that air purification is an ideal state under certain experimental conditions, which can easily mislead consumers to buy.
On August 3, IKEA issued a statement of apology that the promotion of the "air purification" function in the advertisement of "GUNRID" curtain products misleads consumers. IKEA China has actively cooperated with the relevant decisions of relevant departments. And has stopped the sale of this product on October 28, 2020.
IKEA China stated that the air purification function mentioned in the advertisement of "GUNRID" curtain products is the purification result obtained by testing specific target pollutants under limited test conditions. Under actual living environment conditions, the purification effect may vary due to changes in environmental conditions.
Text/Guangzhou Daily·Xinhuacheng reporter Tu Duanyu
Source: Guangzhou Daily
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