Used Ikea dishes made in China, lead?

ilikepeanutbutter · Post by **ilikepeanutbutter** » Sat Jul 12, 2014 9:44 am

I got a couple bowls for sale (used) and they said made in the republic of china. I tried to contact Ikea but that was pretty useless. They have the food and drink sign on the bottom (one does at least and they have the same model number) but I have no idea.

Anyone know if they had lead issues?

Thanks!

Kat

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Rip · Post by **Rip** » Sun Jul 13, 2014 11:14 pm

There are standards they should match to be sold here. Sometimes violations are found only after the stuff has been sold here, and sometimes they are not found. I'd be incline to think the fact the IKEA has so large volumes to be a benefit here. Assuming the dishes don't predate the internet age and you can't find a Google match for product recall I'd think they are safe.

Jukka Aho · Post by **Jukka Aho** » Mon Jul 14, 2014 12:56 am

ilikepeanutbutter wrote:I got a couple bowls for sale (used) and they said made in the republic of china.

In case it should matter:

“Republic of China” (R.O.C.) = Taiwan
“People’s Republic of China” (P.R.C.) = China

ilikepeanutbutter · Post by **ilikepeanutbutter** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 8:59 am

Thanks!

johnnyvo · Post by **johnnyvo** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 12:17 pm

“Republic of China” (R.O.C.) = Taiwan
“People’s Republic of China” (P.R.C.) = China

Both of them is also China.

Jukka Aho wrote:
ilikepeanutbutter wrote:I got a couple bowls for sale (used) and they said made in the republic of china.
In case it should matter:

“Republic of China” (R.O.C.) = Taiwan
“People’s Republic of China” (P.R.C.) = China

masao · Post by **masao** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 11:20 am

ilikepeanutbutter wrote:I got a couple bowls for sale (used) and they said made in the republic of china. I tried to contact Ikea but that was pretty useless. They have the food and drink sign on the bottom (one does at least and they have the same model number) but I have no idea.

Anyone know if they had lead issues?

Thanks!

Kat

Hi.
Since IKEA gave it the food and drink signs, they should be safe for eating and drinking use.
http://www.evira.fi/portal/fi/elintarvi ... eriaalit-/

However, unlike many Arabia products which are lead-free and which can be used in micro-oven, those IKEA ones cannot be used in the oven because of lead
contents. We have such ones in use and a piece of ceramic comes off after micro-oven use (they seem brittle).
t, masao

ilikepeanutbutter · Post by **ilikepeanutbutter** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 10:52 pm

Thanks! We ended up pitching them just to be on the safe side.

Kat

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