Choking

Expanding toy

Growing pet
Expanding toyExpanding toy
Case number
1162/08
Category
Toys
Type / Model
Turtle egg, EAN 5907479468278
Audience
Consumer
Notifying country
🇵🇱 Poland
Country of origin
🇨🇳 China
Published
2008-10-17

⚠️ Risk

The product poses a risk of choking because after 72 hours in water the toy expands in different dimensions: 97% - 151% (maximum permitted by the standard is 50%).The products do not comply with the Toys Directive and 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 by the importer.Date of entry into force: Unknown

A toy egg containing a turtle. Dimensions of the egg are approximately 59 x 46 mm. Inside the egg is a turtle made of hard plastic coloured yellow and red. Supplied with the toys are tags with a CE mark, pictogram concerning age 0-3 restriction and warnings: “Do not swallow”, “Product children below 36 months old”, “Use only under supervision of an adult”, “Store out of reach of children below 3 years”, “Small parts - risk of choking”, “The packaging is not a toy”, “Please keep the packaging for further reference”.