Business as normal for Beijing's IKEA as US recalls killer product

Despite a US recall of some IKEA blinds, in response to three cases of infant strangulation, the Beijing branch of the Scandinavian furniture store has stated it will not follow suit.

The announcement was made yesterday by a public relations manager at IKEA China.

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Health Canada announced on June 10 it would recall three types of blinds - roller blinds, Roman blinds and roll-up blinds. The voluntary recall will involve about 3,360,000 products, according to a press release on the CPSC website.