
Expanding toy
Growing pet
ToysChoking
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- Poland
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- No
What is the danger
The product poses a risk of choking because after 72 hours in water the toy expands in different dimensions: 97% - 151% (maximum permitted by the standard is 50%). The products do not comply with the Toys Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71.
Measures taken
- Voluntary withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers by the importer. Voluntary measuresTaken by: Other
Product
- Description
- A toy egg containing a turtle. Dimensions of the egg are approximately 59 x 46 mm. Inside the egg is a turtle made of hard plastic coloured yellow and red. Supplied with the toys are tags with a CE mark, pictogram concerning age 0-3 restriction and warnings: “Do not swallow”, “Product children below 36 months old”, “Use only under supervision of an adult”, “Store out of reach of children below 3 years”, “Small parts - risk of choking”, “The packaging is not a toy”, “Please keep the packaging for further reference”.
- Brand
- Model / type
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- 1162/08 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2008-41
- Published
- 16 October 2008
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