Decorative fruit and vegetables
Unknown · Unknown
OtherChoking
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- Croatia
Requirements breached
The products are attractive to children as they resemble foodstuff. Children can bite them and small parts may easily come off. If put in the mouth, the small pieces may get stuck and obstruct the airways. The products do not comply with the requirements of the Directive 87/357/EEC on products which, appearing to be other than they are, endanger the health or safety of consumers.
Measures taken
- Withdrawal of the product from the market Compulsory measuresTaken by: OtherIn force from: 24 November 2014
Product
- Description
- Decorative imitation items resembling fruit and vegetables, made of coloured plastic polystyrene. The vegetable-imitating products are attached to a string; the fruit-imitating products are packed in plastic transparent bags.
- Category
- -
- Brand
- Model / type
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/1939/14 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2014-049
- Published
- 2 December 2014
- Corrigendum
- Notification A12/1818/14 published on report 46-2014 of 21/11/2014 has been modified following notifying authority's instructions.
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