Choking

"Boots"

"Boots"
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Case number
0248/06
Category
Childcare articles and children's equipment
Type / Model
1) item code 41-09-643, 2) item code 23-68-102
Audience
Consumer
Notifying country
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Country of origin
🇨🇳 China
Published
2006-05-05

⚠️ Risk

These products pose a risk of choking because the soothers might come apart due to the manufacturing failure.A very small number of soothers have been found to come apart posing a choking hazard. Quality Response Report from Jackel China factory states visual checks were carried out on 1750 soothers, which involved test to pull them apart by hand, 2 failed because they had not been welded. A further 500 were tested mechanically with forces in excess of 200N and none failed.Two customer complaints that soothers had fallen apart have been reported.

Measures

Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Voluntary recall from consumers by the producer.Date of entry into force: Unknown

Soothers "Boots"