Bath gel - Perle penguins
Unknown
OtherChoking
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Notifying country
- Slovenia
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- No
What is the danger
The product poses a risk of choking because it looks the same as popular sweets and it is likely that especially children will easily confuse them with foodstuffs and swallow it. The product fits completely within a small parts cylinder. That means this product might be danger for the health or safety of consumers especially children, according to Council Directive 87/357/EEC.
Measures taken
- Withdrawal from the market ordered by the authorities. Compulsory measuresTaken by: Other
Product
- Description
- Small pearls with bath gel in a shape of small penguins- with warning signs and words on the label - it is not edible, keep away from children.
- Category
- Food-imitating products
- Brand
- Model / type
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- 0123/08 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2008-4
- Published
- 31 January 2008
- Corrigendum
- Corrigendum Notification 0054/08 of week 3 has been removed (the product does not pose a risk of fire and burns and complies with the Toys Directive and the relevant European standards EN 71 and EN 62115).
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