Choking

Expanding toy – lizard and snake

Growing pet

Case number: 0865/08
Category: Toys
Type / Model: - Snake egg, EAN 5900700025509; - Lizard egg, EAN 5900700025486.
Audience: Consumer
Notifying country: 🇵🇱 Poland
Country of origin: 🇨🇳 China
Published: 2008-08-15

⚠️ Risk

The product poses a risk of choking because after 72 hours in water the toys expands 96% - 164% in different dimensions.The product does 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 issued by the importer.Date of entry into force: Unknown

There are two types of eggs containing snake and lizard. Dimensions of eggs are: for snake approximately 59mm X 35,5mm, and for lizard approx. 60 mm X 46 mm. Inside eggs there are snake or lizard made of hard plastic coloured yellow, painted partly wit a green or red and black paint. With the toys there were tags with CE mark, pictogram concerning age 0-3 restriction and caution: “Do not swallow”. On the collective packaging there were above mentioned information and such inscriptions “ Product suitable for children over 3 years and unsuitable for children below 3 years”, “Use only under supervision of an adult”, “Store out of reach of children below 3 years”, “Risk of choking due to small parts”, “Installation and maintains according to drawings on the packaging – if necessary”, “The packaging is not a toy, safe the children, do not let them play with”, “Please keep the packaging for further reference”. There were also information about the importer, and inscription “Made in China”.