Water absorbent crystals
Unknown · Seven Color Crystal Boll
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- Hungary
Requirements breached
Due to its characteristic form, colour and size, the products may be mistaken for foodstuff. This may lead children to put them in the mouth, suck or ingest them.The balls expand when soaked and if the balls are ingested by child they could cause fatal occlusion of the digestive system. In addition, the balls may be put in the mouth by small children, get stuck and obstruct the airways, posing a risk of choking. The product does not comply with the Directive 87/357/EEC on products which, appearing to be other than they are, endanger the health or safety of consumers.
Measures taken
- Recall of the product from end users Compulsory measuresTaken by: OtherIn force from: 27 December 2013
- Withdrawal of the product from the market Compulsory measuresTaken by: Other
Product
- Description
- Expanding balls similar to colourful sweets. The balls contain plant nutrient. The balls are in 7 different colours: yellow, cyclamen, red, black, green, orange, white.Product diameter: 4 mm. Product packaging: cellophane bag.
- Category
- -
- Brand
- Model / type
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/0340/14 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2014-008
- Published
- 21 February 2014
- Corrigendum
- Corrigendum: "Notification A12/0183/14 from week 5 of 2014 has been withdrawn from the RAPEX application and from the RAPEX website following a revised risk assessment."
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