Exapandable toy
Growing Egg Turtle
- Notifying country
- Poland
What is the danger
The egg easily breaks and releases a turtle figurine which expands more than 50% in size when in contact with water. If child puts it in the mouth or swallows it, the contact with saliva or stomach liquids will cause the figurine to expand, which can result in occlusion of the respiratory track or intestinal blockage.
Requirements breached
The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive nor with the European standard EN 71-1.
Measures taken
- Warning consumers of the risks Compulsory measuresTaken by: DistributorIn force from: 30 June 2022
- Withdrawal of the product from the market Compulsory measuresTaken by: DistributorIn force from: 30 June 2022
- Recall of the product from end users Compulsory measuresTaken by: DistributorIn force from: 30 June 2022
Product
- Description
- An egg made of easily breaking material, containing a turtle figurine made of expandable material.
- Packaging
- Paper box.
- Model / type
- Barcode
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/01121/22 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2022-31
- Published
- 3 August 2022
- Modified
- 2 February 2023
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