Magnetic toy building blocks
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- UK
- Sold online
- Yes
What is the danger
The magnet can easily be detached from the square shape, generating a small part with a high magnet flux. If a child swallows the small magnet and other metallic objects, they could attract one another causing intestinal blockage or perforation or choking.
Risk
Ingestion - permanent damage to internal organ
Requirements breached
The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71-1.
Measures taken
- Removal of this product listing by the online marketplace Voluntary measuresTaken by: Distributor
Product
- Description
- Locking Shape Toy, 100 pcs Magnetic Toy Building Blocks. The product was sold online, in particular via eBay.
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- INFO/00035/20 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2020-9
- Published
- 26 February 2020
- Modified
- 15 September 2020
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