EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Childcare articles and children's equipment
Children's high chair froggy — risk: entrapment, injuries, strangulation
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. SR/03750/24
Summary
The product has only a crotch restraint on the belt, not between the seat and the bar. Consequently, if the belt is not used, the child might slip through the opening between the bar and the seat and fall, resulting in injuries, or become trapped with the chest, head or neck between the tray and the seat, resulting in strangulation or entrapment. In addition, the high chair is not sufficiently stable and may tip…
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Product
Children's high chair — froggy
- Brand
- froggy
- Name / model
- BHCL01
- Batch number(s)
- 230133
- Barcode
- 4260694831625
- Category
- Childcare articles and children's equipment
- Foldable, plastic high chair with safety harness, tray with cup holder and a footrest. Measurements: 70 x 58 x 100 cm. Product sold online, in particular via Amazon (ASIN: B0BTTJFV69).
What is the risk?
- The product has only a crotch restraint on the belt, not between the seat and the bar. Consequently, if the belt is not used, the child might slip through the opening between the bar and the seat and fall, resulting in injuries, or become trapped with the chest, head or neck between the tray and the seat, resulting in strangulation or entrapment. In addition, the high chair is not sufficiently stable and may tip over while the child is seated. The product does not comply with the requirements of the General Product Safety Directive nor with the European standard EN 14988.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): ManufacturerCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market
- Date of entry into force: 27/11/2024
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): ManufacturerCategory of measure(s): Warning consumers of the risks
- Date of entry into force: 27/11/2024
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