Choking

Decorative plastic articles

LINEA CASA IN
Decorative plastic articles
Case number
0421/08
Category
Other - Food-imitating products
Type / Model
Potatoes, aubergines, tomatoes: barcode 8019050260953. The articles resembling fruit do not have bar codes.
Audience
Consumer
Notifying country
🇮🇹 Italy
Country of origin
🇨🇳 China
Published
2008-04-18

⚠️ 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 mouth and swallow it, entailing the risk of asphyxia or obstruction of the digestive tract.The product does not comply with Directive 87/357/EEC on products which, appearing to be other than 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

Various fruit and vegetables packaged individually in cling film, bearing the following labels - on the vegetables: "imported by LINEA CASA IN Srl, Italy - Made in P.R.C."; - on the fruit: "ART: Plastic fruit - Made in P.R.C."
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