{"id":224662,"date":"2026-01-09T07:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T07:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/224662\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T07:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T07:57:08","slug":"kmart-recalls-gel-packs-due-to-risk-they-contain-toxic-substance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/224662\/","title":{"rendered":"Kmart recalls gel packs due to risk they contain toxic substance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4MOGC74_200817_KMART-FILMING_0004_30427.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"656\" alt=\"Kmart signage at the Westfield St Lukes mall.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nKmart signage at the Westfield St Lukes mall.<br \/>\nPhoto: RNZ \/ Cole Eastham-Farrelly\n<\/p>\n<p>Gel packs sold at Kmart for seven years have been recalled due to the risk that they may include a toxic substance.<\/p>\n<p>Anko Small Gel Pak and Anko Large Gel Pak have been sold at Kmart in New Zealand from June 2018 until December 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The product is being recalled because the gel pack may include ethylene glycol, a toxic substance, rather than the non-toxic ingredient glycerol.<\/p>\n<p>Product Safety New Zealand said if the packaging becomes damaged, ethylene glycol can leak out. It said if swallowed, the substance can cause irreversible injuries or death.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4JV27PX_kmart_recall_gel_pak_png.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"870\" alt=\"Anko Small Gel Pak and Anko Large Gel Pak have been sold at Kmart in New Zealand since June 2018.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nAnko Small Gel Pak and Anko Large Gel Pak have been sold at Kmart in New Zealand since June 2018.<br \/>\nPhoto: Product Safety\n<\/p>\n<p>Consumers who have purchased the Gel Paks are urged to stop using them immediately and keep out of reach of children.<\/p>\n<p>Kmart said customers should contact them to arrange a full refund.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/radionz.us6.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=211a938dcf3e634ba2427dde9&amp;id=b3d362e693\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up for Ng\u0101 Pitopito K\u014drero<\/a>, a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kmart signage at the Westfield St Lukes mall. Photo: RNZ \/ Cole Eastham-Farrelly Gel packs sold at Kmart&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224663,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[48,138,47,111,43,139,69,49,46,44,45],"class_list":{"0":"post-224662","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-audio","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-current-affairs","11":"tag-new-zealand","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-newzealand","14":"tag-nz","15":"tag-podcasts","16":"tag-public-radio","17":"tag-radio-new-zealand","18":"tag-rnz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}