Candles
ROXAN
OtherChoking
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- Spain
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- No
What is the danger
The product poses a risk of choking as 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 what they are, endanger the health or safety of consumers.
Measures taken
- Withdrawal from the market ordered by the authorities. Compulsory measuresTaken by: Other
Product
- Description
- The candles are presented in the form of ice-cream and fruit: pear, watermelon, peach, etc, in glass dishes. The candles come in transparent plastic boxes containing twelve ´sundaes´ in four different models. Each one contains a label with information including the article number, the barcode and the wording 'Made in China'.
- Category
- Food-imitating products
- Brand
- Model / type
- Barcode
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- 0951/08 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2008-35
- Published
- 4 September 2008
© European Union, Safety Gate · https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/-14001
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