Plastic grapes
Bel Flowers
Decorative articlesChoking
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- Italy
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- No
Requirements breached
Due to its characteristic form, colour and size the product may be mistaken for foodstuff. The grapes can be easily detached: children may put them in the mouth and choke on them. The product does 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
- Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures Compulsory measuresTaken by: OtherIn force from: 3 May 2016
Product
- Description
- Bunch of green and red plastic grapes.
- Brand
- Model / type
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/0647/16 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2016-021
- Published
- 20 May 2016
- Corrigendum
- Notification A12/1557/15 published in the weekly report n. 49/2015 has been withdrawn at the request of the notifying authority following new assessment of the risk. Notification A12/0553/16 published in the weekly report n. 018/2016 has been updated with further information on the models affected.
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