Clear ice cubes - irregular lumps of transparent
Decorative articlesChoking
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Notifying country
- Germany
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- No
What is the danger
The product may be mistaken for food (sweets) or mistakenly used as ice cubes. It has sharp edges and can be swallowed in whole. The product thereby poses a risk of ingestion, health hazard from choking and displacement of the digestive tract. Investigation regarding the safety of similar products is pending.
Measures taken
- Sales ban and recall from consumers ordered by the authority. Compulsory measuresTaken by: Other
Product
- Description
- Clear ice cubes - irregular lumps of transparent, hard, uncoloured plastic, with sharp edges sometimes running to a point.
- Model / type
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- 0686/06 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2006-42
- Published
- 26 October 2006
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