Expandable toy
Jelly Growing Sea Life Creatures
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- UK
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- Yes
What is the danger
The turtles are too small and excessively expand when in contact with liquids. A child may put them into the mouth and swallow them. As the toy expands, it can cause fatal occlusion of the respiratory track or intestinal blockage of small children.
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 Compulsory measuresTaken by: OtherIn force from: 21 April 2020
Product
- Description
- Jelly sea life creatures which will expand when immersed in water.
- Packaging
- The product is sold single wrapped in plastic and sold collectively in a 24 unit set, and was also sold online, in particular via Amazon.
- Barcode
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/00664/20 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2020-18
- Published
- 30 April 2020
- Modified
- 1 May 2020
© European Union, Safety Gate · https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10001092
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