{"id":225641,"date":"2026-01-09T21:19:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T21:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/225641\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T21:19:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T21:19:19","slug":"kmart-recalls-gel-packs-sold-for-seven-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/225641\/","title":{"rendered":"Kmart recalls gel packs sold for seven years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element img-responsive file-default\" data-delta=\"1\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/gdlokaokas.jpg\" width=\"1044\" height=\"653\" alt=\"Anko Small Gel Pak and Anko Large Gel Pak have been sold at Kmart in New Zealand since June 2018....\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Anko Small Gel Pak and Anko Large Gel Pak have been sold at Kmart in New Zealand since June 2018.\u00a0Photo:\u00a0Product Safety<\/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>Consumers who have purchased the gel packs 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:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/business\/583642\/kmart-recalls-gel-packs-due-to-risk-they-contain-toxic-substance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element img-responsive file-default\" data-delta=\"2\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/rnz010126.jpg\" width=\"930\" height=\"130\" alt=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anko Small Gel Pak and Anko Large Gel Pak have been sold at Kmart in New Zealand since&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225642,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-225641","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225641","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=225641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}