Choking, Strangulation

Plastic push toy - Wiewiorka

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Plastic push toy - Wiewiorka
Case number
1257/10
Category
Toys
Barcode
5901448340060
Audience
Consumer
Notifying country
🇱🇻 Latvia
Country of origin
🇵🇱 Poland
Published
2010-08-20

⚠️ Risk

The product poses a risk of choking because screws detach from the platform and the multicoloured balls from detach from axles. The detached parts (screws and balls) can be swallowed by children. The product also poses a risk of strangulation because the perimeter of the loop reaches 430 mm at the force of 25N.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 by the supplier.Date of entry into force: Unknown

It is a plastic toy - squirrel, which consists of a red squirrel, mounted on a yellow platform with four blue wheels and two flywheels which are mounted on the both sides of the squirrel's tail. Multicoloured balls are mounted on the ends of axles. Flywheels and blue wheels are connected by rubber loops.