Soft toy
Sanrio · Hello Kitty
ToysChoking
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- Spain
- Counterfeit
- No
Requirements breached
The product poses a risk of choking because the flower on the head can be easily removed by children, put in the mouth and could block the airways. The product does not comply with the Toys Safety Directive and with the relevant European standard EN 71-1.
Measures taken
- Withdrawal of the product from the market Compulsory measuresTaken by: OtherIn force from: 20 February 2013
Product
- Description
- The toy comes with a pink bag with decorative motifs in the form of flowers and a Hello Kitty figure. The bag has two white handles tied at the top with a pink ribbon. The 'Hello Kitty' soft toy is white with eyes and whiskers embroidered in brown thread and the nose embroidered in yellow thread. I
- Brand
- Model / type
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/0054/14 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2014-002
- Published
- 13 January 2014
- Corrigendum
- Notification A12/1248/12 from week 33 of 2012 has been permanently removed following a re-assessment by the notifying authorities of the risk posed by the product.
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