Choking

Products imitating fruit

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Products imitating fruitProducts imitating fruitProducts imitating fruit
Číslo případu
1947/10
Kategorie
Other - Food-imitating products
Typ / Model
Barcode 4300175785747
Cílová skupina
Consumer
Notifikující země
🇧🇬 Bulharsko
Země původu
🇩🇪 Německo
Zveřejněno
2010-12-31

⚠️ Riziko

The products pose a risk of choking because the imitation fruit can be easily detached and could be placed in the mouth and swallowed by children, especially small children who may confuse them with real fruit.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.

Opatření

Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Sales ban and withdrawal from the market ordered by the authorities.Date of entry into force: Unknown

Food-imitating products made of polystyrene in the form of a sugar-coated apple in miniature, in yellow and red colours; a cherry in red colour; a pear in miniature, in yellow and red colours. The fruits are attached to wires imitating stems. They are sold in packaging with a cardboard base, a transparent plastic front with pictures of a Christmas tree and a candy cane. There is a label with the inscription Kaufland Bulgaria. Each package contains 16 apples. On the back of the packaging there is a label with inscriptions in seven languages, including Bulgarian and the barcode.