Choking

Wooden mouse

Gad kids
Wooden mouseWooden mouse
Case number
1390/09
Category
Toys
Type / Model
Item 271787;EAN 4038732004382
Audience
Consumer
Notifying country
🇩🇪 Germany
Country of origin
🇨🇳 China
Published
2009-10-30

⚠️ Risk

The product poses a risk of choking because hands and feet break off on application of a force of 5N (88N minimum permissible) and can be swallowed by children.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, recall from consumers and destruction of the products by the importer.Date of entry into force: Unknown

The test sample is a toy wooden mouse. It is about 13 cm high and has a coil spring of about 21 cm long for hanging purposes. The coil spring can easily be pulled out to a length of over 150 cm.