EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Childcare articles and children's equipment
Necklace "Iris Root" Popolini — risk: choking, strangulation
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. 0052/12
Summary
null The product poses a risk of choking and strangulation because the iris root breaks into small pieces that can be swallowed and because the necklace is too long.In addition, the product does not comply with the national legislation regarding claims of therapeutic value for one or more illnesses without meeting the requirements laid down in the Medicines Act and its implementing provisions, and ascribing specific…
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Product
Necklace "Iris Root" — Popolini
- Brand
- Popolini
- Name / model
- IR 10/11/42C
- Batch number(s)
- 9006720640107
- Category
- Childcare articles and children's equipment
- Iris root attached to a cotton cord. The item is packaged in transparent plastic containing a thin card printed with information about the therapeutic properties and warnings in Spanish about its use for babies.
What is the risk?
- null The product poses a risk of choking and strangulation because the iris root breaks into small pieces that can be swallowed and because the necklace is too long.In addition, the product does not comply with the national legislation regarding claims of therapeutic value for one or more illnesses without meeting the requirements laid down in the Medicines Act and its implementing provisions, and ascribing specific preventive or therapeutic effects unsupported by adequate technical or scientific tests accredited and expressly recognised by the State health authority.
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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