EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Other - -
Decorative stones River Rocks “Unknown” — risk: choking
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0226/15
Summary
null The products pose a risk of choking because the decorative stones are similar to sweets that could be confused with real sweets and swallowed by small children, causing injuries.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Directive 87/357/EEC on products which, appearing to be other than they are, endanger the health or safety of consumers.
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Product
Decorative stones — River Rocks
- Brand
- River Rocks
- Name / model
- Unknown · Unknown
- Batch number(s)
- Unknown
- Category
- Other - -
- 1) Decorative stones with various shapes resembling children’s candy in various pastel colours – yellow, orange, red, violet, cyclamen, blue and green.2) Oval-shaped glass marbles, with diameter of about 18 mm, resembling sucking candy in transparent colour with various nuances – green, brown, blu
What is the risk?
- null The products pose a risk of choking because the decorative stones are similar to sweets that could be confused with real sweets and swallowed by small children, causing injuries.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Directive 87/357/EEC on products which, appearing to be other than they are, endanger the health or safety of consumers.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market
- Date of entry into force: 04/02/2015
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