Choking

Candles

ROXAN
CandlesCandles
Case number
0951/08
Category
Other - Food-imitating products
Type / Model
Model: 100629,
Barcode
4044984013584
Audience
Consumer
Notifying country
🇪🇸 Spain
Country of origin
🇨🇳 China
Published
2008-09-05

⚠️ Risk

The product poses a risk of choking as due to its characteristic form, appearance, colour and size, the product may be mistaken for a foodstuff. This may lead children to put it in their mouths and swallow it, which could entail the risk of asphyxia or obstruction of the digestive tract.The product does not comply with the Directive 87/357/EEC on products which, appearing to be other than what they are, endanger the health or safety of consumers.

Measures

Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal from the market ordered by the authorities.Date of entry into force: Unknown

The candles are presented in the form of ice-cream and fruit: pear, watermelon, peach, etc, in glass dishes. The candles come in transparent plastic boxes containing twelve ´sundaes´ in four different models. Each one contains a label with information including the article number, the barcode and the wording 'Made in China'.
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