EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Toys
Expandable beads “Hydrogel gun pellets for pistols” — risk: choking, injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. SR/01709/26
Summary
The product expands in size when in contact with water. If a child puts the product in the mouth or swallows it, contact with saliva or stomach liquids will cause the product to expand, which can result in occlusion of the respiratory tract or intestinal blockage. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive nor with the European standard EN 71-1.
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Product
Expandable beads
- Name / model
- Hydrogel gun pellets for pistols · YG78-70
- Batch number(s)
- 19062024
- Barcode
- 5903039745056
- Category
- Toys
- Multicoloured water beads, which grow when immersed in water, intended for use as bullets in a gun.
- Sold online: Other(www.kralovstvo-hraciek.sk) /
What is the risk?
- The product expands in size when in contact with water. If a child puts the product in the mouth or swallows it, contact with saliva or stomach liquids will cause the product to expand, which can result in occlusion of the respiratory tract or intestinal blockage. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive nor with the European standard EN 71-1.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): DistributorCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): DistributorCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): DistributorCategory of measure(s): Warning consumers of the risks
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
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