Soap "Brochette de savons"
DE LAURIER
OtherChoking
- Country of origin
- Belgium
- Notifying country
- France
- 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 cube-shaped soaps fit entirely into the small parts cylinder. 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
- Voluntary withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers by distributor. Voluntary measuresTaken by: Other
Product
- Description
- Five pink and white soaps on a skewer with a label marked in French: "An assortment of small coloured soaps to give your life more flavour; glycerine soap enriched with essential oils – non-edible."
- Category
- Food-imitating products
- Brand
- Model / type
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- 1219/08 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2008-42
- Published
- 23 October 2008
© European Union, Safety Gate · https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/-14266
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