Apple candle
Unknown
OtherChoking
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- Cyprus
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- No
What is the danger
The product poses a risk of choking as due to its characteristic form, appearance, odour, colour and size, the product may be mistaken for a foodstuff. This may lead children to put the product in their mouths, suck or ingest it, which could entail the risk of choking or perforation or obstruction of the digestive tract.
Measures taken
- Withdrawal from the market ordered by the authorities. Compulsory measuresTaken by: Other
Product
- Description
- Six decorative food imitating products in the shape of a half green apple, packaged in a metal case and covered with a plastic transparent film.
- Category
- Food-imitating products
- Brand
- Model / type
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- 1240/08 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2008-43
- Published
- 30 October 2008
- Corrigendum
- Corrigenda: Notification 1217/08 from week 42 of 2008 has been removed because after more investigations the product was found to be compliant with the relevant European requirements. Notification 1081/08 from week 39 in 2008 has been updated
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