Choking, Health risk / other

Expanding toy - Growing Spider

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Expanding toy - Growing SpiderExpanding toy - Growing Spider
Case number
1476/10
Category
Toys
Type / Model
7B3009
Audience
Consumer
Notifying country
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Country of origin
🇨🇳 China
Published
2010-10-08

⚠️ Risk

The product poses a risk of choking because the legs can be easily pulled off from the body of the spider and could be put in the mouth. The legs could cause adverse health affects if they were swallowed because they could expand in the stomach.The product does not comply with the Toys Directive and with the relevant European standard EN 71.

Measures

Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Voluntary withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers.Date of entry into force: Unknown

Plastic spider in two colours that expands. Packaged in a plastic bag with a header card ‘GROWING SPIDER’ on the reverse are the age and choking hazard warnings.
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