EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Clothing, textiles and fashion items
Fancy-dress costume Gifi “Déguisement Pain d'épices” — risk: choking
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0678/15
Summary
null The small velcro fasteners on the costume can easily detach. A small child could put these in the mouth and choke on them.
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Product
Fancy-dress costume — Gifi
- Brand
- Gifi
- Name / model
- Déguisement Pain d'épices · Reference: 336 318
- Batch number(s)
- Barcode: 3491953363187Batch: 06/2014
- Category
- Clothing, textiles and fashion items
- Gingerbread-man fancy-dress costume for children aged 6-9 months, supplied in a plastic bag.
What is the risk?
- null The small velcro fasteners on the costume can easily detach. A small child could put these in the mouth and choke on them.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market
- Date of entry into force: 17/02/2015
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: 17/02/2015
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Destruction of the product
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
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Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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