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Birthday candles with toys — risk: choking
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/1626/14
Summary
null The small wheels of the plastic cars can easily detach. If children put them into the mouth, they may obstruct the airways.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
Birthday candles with toys
- Name / model
- Birthday Candles · 188436
- Batch number(s)
- 8711295935848
- Category
- Toys
- 8 candles and 4 toy sports cars (candle holders)
What is the risk?
- null The small wheels of the plastic cars can easily detach. If children put them into the mouth, they may obstruct the airways.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 taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: 05/09/2014
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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