Water colouring capsules
TOY'S FIELD · Aqua color
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- Italy
- Counterfeit
- No
Requirements breached
If put in the mouth and swallowed by small children, the small capsules can expand. They may thus obstruct the airways or cause intestinal occlusions. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71-1.
Measures taken
- Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures Compulsory measuresTaken by: OtherIn force from: 1 September 2014
Product
- Description
- Capsules designed to dissolve in liquid, supplied in blue cardboard packaging. The capsules comes in six different colours: orange, two shades of pink, two shades of green and blue. When dissolved in water the product colours the water and expands, taking the shape of various animals, such as lobst
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- Model / type
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/1584/14 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2014-040
- Published
- 2 October 2014
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