Children's swing

Kingsport · Swing

ToysStrangulation

Country of origin: People's Republic of China
Notifying country: UK
Counterfeit: No
Sold online: Yes

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What is the danger

The product is incorrectly labelled as being suitable for small children. The crotch strap can break and the seat back and bottom may come apart, causing the small child to slip down and become trapped by the neck where the two shoulder straps meet, leading to strangulation.

Requirements breached

The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive and the relevant European Standard EN 71-8.

Measures taken

Recall of the product from end users Voluntary measuresTaken by: Importer

Product

Description: Swing with metal shelf, labelled as being suitable for children 1-3 years. The product was (also) sold online.
Brand: Kingsport
Model / type: 28881W
Batch: 6906543512397

Original source

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

Alert number: A12/1635/19 ↗
Weekly report: Report-2019-044
Published: 24 October 2019
Corrigendum: Notification A12/1154/19 has been permanently withdrawn from report 2019-31 of 02-08-2019 at the request of the notifying authority following new test results that prove compliance of the product. The brand name in notification A12/1393/19 of report 2019-39 has been corrected at the request of the notifying authority. Notification A12/1451/19 has temporarily been unpublished from web report 2019-40 at the request of the notifying authority due to an ongoing investigation. The category in notifications A12/1638/19 and A12/1641/19 has been changed from "Cosmetics" into "Chemical Products" after agreement with notifying authority. An additional distributor and the related voluntary measures have been added to A12/1641/19 on request of the notifying authority. In agreement with the notifying authority the products in notifications A12/16438/19 and A12/1641/19 have been changed to product not of professional use.