
Lip balm
Unknown
OtherChoking
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- Bulgaria
Requirements breached
The products pose a risk of choking as, due to its characteristic form, appearance, colour and size, they may be mistaken for foodstuffs. The product can easily break generating small parts that could be placed in the mouth by a child and swallowed. The products do not comply with the Directive 87/357/EEC on products which, appearing to be other than they are, endanger the health or safety of consumers.
Product
- Description
- Lip balm in the form of sweets. One is in the form of a chocolate heart shape with pink icing and the smell of chewing gum. Another is in the form of a brown chocolate with the smell of vanilla.
- Category
- -
- Model / type
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/0987/12 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2012-028
- Published
- 4 July 2012
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