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Pull-along toy Zhong Ting “Happy Childhood” — risk: choking
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0857/15
Summary
null The product contains small parts (eg. plastic sticker from the eyes and from the red hat) that can be easily detached. A child could put them in the mouth and choke on them.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71-1.
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Product
Pull-along toy — Zhong Ting
- Brand
- Zhong Ting
- Name / model
- Happy Childhood · Unknown
- Batch number(s)
- 6905020201083
- Category
- Toys
- Hard plastic turtle, half yellow, half green colour. The bottom part is orange and fitted with hard plastic wheels attached to a metal axle. At the front there is a dark yellow cord to pull the toy along. Inside the toy there are eight different shapes. The toy is packed in a plastic mesh bag.
What is the risk?
- null The product contains small parts (eg. plastic sticker from the eyes and from the red hat) that can be easily detached. A child could put them in the mouth and choke on them.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71-1.
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: 12/06/2015
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