
Toy gun
Target · Bumblebee
ToysChoking
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- Lithuania
Requirements breached
The suction cups detach easily from the projectiles: when a child plays with the toy, it may put the projectiles into the mouth to wet the suction cup before shooting, which can detach and be swallowed by the child, causing it to choke. 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: 8 November 2016
Product
- Description
- Toy gun made of hard plastic in various colours, with 6 projectiles. The projectiles are made of soft plastic with orange suction cups fixed at the end. The toy is packed in a cardboard box.
- Brand
- Model / type
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/1705/16 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2016-051
- Published
- 13 December 2016
- Corrigendum
- Notification A12/0502/16, in Report-2016-017, has been downgraded to art 11 due to new assessment of the applicable standard and risk (A11/0130/16). Notification A12/1677/16 has been withdrawn from Report-2016-050 following request of the notifying national authority. The production dates in notifications A12/1571/16 and A12/1572/16, in Report-2016-048, have been updated following new information on the extension of the recall.
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