EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Other - Food imitating product
Imitation Sweets “Liquorice Snaps” — risk: choking
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/01261/20
Summary
Due to its characteristic form, appearance, colour and size, the product may be mistaken for a foodstuff.This may lead consumers, and specially children, to put the product in the mouth, which could entail the risk of choking. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Food Imitating Products Directive.
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Product
Imitation Sweets
- Name / model
- Liquorice Snaps
- Category
- Other - Food imitating product
- 10 polymer clay resembling liquorice sweet. This product seems to be intended to be an object used in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, thus used as a toy.
What is the risk?
- Due to its characteristic form, appearance, colour and size, the product may be mistaken for a foodstuff.This may lead consumers, and specially children, to put the product in the mouth, which could entail the risk of choking. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Food Imitating Products Directive.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): ImporterCategory of measure(s): Destruction of the product
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
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