Expandable toy
Dinosaur Egg
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- UK
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- Yes
What is the danger
Small parts (e.g. the head) can be easily torn from the toy dinosaur and may be put into the mouth and swallowed by children. As the toy expands, it can cause fatal occlusion of the respiratory track or intestinal blockage of 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: 2 April 2020
Product
- Description
- Plastic egg containing a small plastic dinosaur. The egg is placed in water and after some time the dinosaur breaks out of the egg, having increased in size.
- Packaging
- Orange cardboard box. The product was sold online, in particular via Amazon.
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/00665/20 ↗
- 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/10001093
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