
Expanding toy – sea creatures, "Colored growing"
HING FAT
ToysChoking
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- Poland
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- No
What is the danger
The products pose a risk of choking because after 72 hours in water the toys expand in different dimensions: 55% - 165%. The products do not comply with the Toys Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71.
Measures taken
- Voluntary withdrawal from the market by the importer. Voluntary measuresTaken by: Other
Product
- Description
- 8 sea creatures: 1) seahorse – colour: reddish-pinkish, 2) shell – colour: red, pink and yellow, 3) shark – colour: dark and light grey, 4) ray – colour: dark and light violet, 5) shark (spotted) – colour: light grey with dark white spots, 6) crab – colour: orange and grey, 7) starfish – colour: orange and black, 8) seal – colour: light and dark grey. Each toy is packed in a transparent plastic bag. On A cardboard label inside the packaging there is the following information: “CE mark”, the name of the toy, EAN and type, model number, pictogram concerning the age “0-3” restriction and written information. Other warnings are in English only: “not intended for children under 3 years due to small parts”, “do not swallow.”, “dimensions of a toy may extend up to 600%”. There is a user’s manual in English only.
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- Model / type
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- 1023/08 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2008-37
- Published
- 18 September 2008
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