Expanding toys

Unknown

ToysChoking

Notifying country: Finland
Sold online: Yes

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What is the danger

The products expand in size by more than 50% when placed in water. If the small balls are put into the mouth by children and swallowed by children, they could expand causing fatal occlusion of the respiratory tract or intestinal blockage.

Requirements breached

The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71-1.

Measures taken

Authority warning consumers of the risk Compulsory measuresTaken by: OtherIn force from: 10 September 2018
Removal of the products from the AliExpress platform Voluntary measuresTaken by: OtherIn force from: 14 September 2018

Product

Description: 3 different types of expanding toys sold in bulk in clear plastic bags with no warnings or any other markings. The products are sold online (for example, via AliExpress).
Brand: Unknown

Original source

Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.

Alert number: A12/1563/18 ↗
Weekly report: Report-2018-043
Published: 18 October 2018
Corrigendum: Notification A12/0324/14 has been withdrawn from report 008-2014 of 28/02/2014 following a court ruling regarding the validity of the measures taken. Notification A12/0904/18 has been permanently withdrawn from report 027/2018 of 06/07/2018, following a new assessment of the risk.