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Expanding toy - Bird egg “Growing Bird - Hatching Egg” — risk: choking
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0823/13
Summary
null The product poses a risk of choking because small parts of the expanding material of the bird can easily detach and be swallowed by small children.The product does not comply with the Toy Safety Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71-1.
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Product
Expanding toy - Bird egg
- Name / model
- Growing Bird - Hatching Egg · Unknown
- Batch number(s)
- Unknown
- Category
- Toys
- The extensible toy is inside a cream coloured egg, sold in transparent plastic packaging with a coloured label.
What is the risk?
- null The product poses a risk of choking because small parts of the expanding material of the bird can easily detach and be swallowed by small children.The product does not comply with 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): Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures
- Date of entry into force: 19/06/2013
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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