Candles
ROGITO®
OtherChoking
- Notifying country
- Slovakia
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- No
What is the danger
The product poses a risk of choking due to its characteristic form, appearance, colour and size, the product may be mistaken for a foodstuff. This may lead children to put it in their mouths and swallow it, which could entail the risk of asphyxia or obstruction of the digestive tract. The product does not comply with the Directive 87/357/EEC on products which, appearing to be other than they are, endanger the health or safety of consumers.
Measures taken
- Sales ban and withdrawal from the market ordered by the authorities. Compulsory measuresTaken by: Other
Product
- Description
- The product is packed in a transparent plastic closed with a ribbon; a label is attached with the following data “Candle collection 1937, APPLE”. Despite the name of the product, the candle is in the shape of a lemon size 8cm (diameter) x 5cm (height).
- Category
- Food-imitating products
- Brand
- Model / type
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- 0328/08 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2008-10
- Published
- 13 March 2008
© European Union, Safety Gate · https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/-13385
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