Crystal balls - Seven Color Crystal Boll – Bio Gel
Unknown
OtherChoking
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- Italy
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- No
What is the danger
The product poses a risk of choking because the balls can be mistaken for sweets by children and placed into the mouth. The balls expand rapidly on contact with water and could therefore partially or completely obstruct the airway if accidentally swallowed or if they enter the respiratory tract.
Measures taken
- Seizure of the products, withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers ordered by the authorities. Compulsory measuresTaken by: Other
Product
- Description
- Multicoloured and transparent balls with initial diameter of 0.3 cm or 0.4 cm which can absorb water to reach a diameter of 1 cm, in transparent plastic packaging with a coloured cardboard label marked "Microsfere Seven Color Crystal Boll Gel, MADE in CHINA, Designed by Korea" and instructions in English only.
- Category
- Food-imitating products
- Brand
- Model / type
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- 1714/10 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2010-46
- Published
- 18 November 2010
- Corrigendum
- Corrigenda Notification 1643/10 from report 44 of 2010 has been removed from the RAPEX system following additional information on the risk assessment provided by the national authorities. Notifications 1702/10 and 1704/10 from report 46 have been removed from the RAPEX website following additional information on the risk
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