
LED balloons
HOMETOP · Balloons
ToysChemical
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- Spain
- Counterfeit
- No
Requirements breached
The button batteries are easily accessible and could be swallowed by children causing damage to internal organs including the oesophagus and the stomach. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive and the relevant European standards EN 62115.
Measures taken
- Withdrawal of the product from the market Compulsory measuresTaken by: RetailerIn force from: 4 April 2017
Product
- Description
- Different coloured balloons, each with a battery and LED light inside which lights up when a tab is pulled. The packaging is a transparent plastic bag, sealed at the top with a cardboard label.
- Brand
- Model / type
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/0712/17 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2017-022
- Published
- 23 May 2017
- Corrigendum
- Notification A12/0197/17 from Report-2017-008 has been permanently withdrawn following reassessment of the risk. Notification A12/0448/17 from Report 2017-017 has been updated at the request of the notifying authority to include additional brands, names and models of the same product. The risk description has also been slightly modified. Notification A12/0540/17 was withdrawn from report 2017-017 following instructions from notifying country.
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