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Battery operated toy - airplane “Cartoon Airplane - Aviator” — risk: choking
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/1836/14
Summary
null The product contains small parts (the pilot figure with a spherical head) that can be swallowed by small children and get stuck in the larynx, causing choking.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71-1.
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Product
Battery operated toy - airplane
- Name / model
- Cartoon Airplane - Aviator · SG-2278
- Batch number(s)
- Unknown
- Category
- Toys
- Battery operated toy airplane on wheels with aviator, with light and music functions. Packed in cardboard box with a transparent window.
What is the risk?
- null The product contains small parts (the pilot figure with a spherical head) that can be swallowed by small children and get stuck in the larynx, causing choking.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71-1.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Import rejected at border
- Date of entry into force: 10/11/2014
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Destruction of the product
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
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