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Instant Products
ToysInjuries
- Country of origin
- United States
- Notifying country
- Germany
Requirements breached
The products pose a risk of injuries because the small capsules can be taken out of the packaging and swallowed by children. As they expand, they can cause fatal occlusion of the digestive system of small children.
Product
- Description
- Sponges (in figure shapes) pressed into gelatinous capsules, each in a transparent outer package with three holes. According to the packaging, the entire product should be immersed in warm water until the figures have expanded fully (the gelatinous capsules dissolve). It is also stated that the prod
- Brand
- Model / type
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- 0208/11 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2011-010
- Published
- 1 March 2011
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