Yo-yo worm ball
Unknown
ToysSuffocation
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- Slovakia
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- No
What is the danger
This toy poses a serious risk of suffocation by strangulation because the string is very elastic and can reach the length of 750 mm. In addition, labelling of the product does not meet the relevant requirements. The toy does not comply with the Toys Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71-6.
Measures taken
- Voluntary stop of sales, withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers by the importer Voluntary measuresTaken by: Other
Product
- Description
- The ball is made of a softened plastic material of various colours and filled with a fluid and with small water animals. Its diameter is 5 cm. It is terminated by an elastic string with a loop of 12 cm. It is packed in dozen in a varicoloured cardboard box. On the packaging there is “Warning: chocking hazard. Small parts, not for children under 6 years”.
- Brand
- Model / type
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- 0448/07 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2007-20
- Published
- 24 May 2007
- Corrigendum
- Corrigendum Notification 0396/07 of week 18 has been withdrawn because according to the British authority the risk posed by this product is not serious and thus the requirements for an Article 12 notification (serious risk) have not been met.
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