Choking

Expandable toy

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Case number
A12/0719/13
Category
Toys
Type / Model
2227A, LE-2240B, LOT:2012201
Batch
0960389000012142156131802886712022406
Audience
Consumer
Notifying country
Cyprus
Country of origin
🇨🇳 China
Published
2013-06-21

⚠️ Risk

null The product poses a risk of choking because small parts can be easily torn from the toy and may be put into the mouth and swallowed by children. As it expands, it can also cause fatal occlusion of the respiratory track of small children. The product does not comply with the Toy Safety Directive and with the relevant European standard EN 71-1.

Measures

Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Destruction of the productDate of entry into force: 17/06/2013

Effigy of an egg which includes an expandable toy in the form of a duck. The egg is packed in a transparent plastic.The following information and warnings are mentioned on the package: ‘Growing pet’, ‘Do not swallow’ and a label bearing the following signs: ‘Growing pet’, ’Amusing, Funny, Novel’, ‘D