EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Childcare articles and children's equipment
Soother holder “Pacifier Clip Chain” — risk: choking, entrapment, strangulation, suffocation
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/1557/18
Summary
The soother holder has a chain which is too long and small parts can be broken off it. A small child may put the small parts or the fastening into the mouth and choke on them. The chain may cause strangulation and the holes in the links could lead to entrapment of the child's fingers. The lack of holes in the garment fastening could cause the child to suffocate. The product does not comply with the relevant European…
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Product
Soother holder
- Name / model
- Pacifier Clip Chain
- Category
- Childcare articles and children's equipment
- Soother holder with a yellow chain and a plastic yellow clip in the form of a cat's head. Packaged in a plastic bag with no markings.The product has been sold online (e.g. via AliExpress).
What is the risk?
- The soother holder has a chain which is too long and small parts can be broken off it. A small child may put the small parts or the fastening into the mouth and choke on them. The chain may cause strangulation and the holes in the links could lead to entrapment of the child's fingers. The lack of holes in the garment fastening could cause the child to suffocate. The product does not comply with the relevant European Standard EN 12586.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Authority warning consumers of the risk
- Date of entry into force: 10/09/2018
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Removal of the products from the AliExpress platform
- Date of entry into force: 14/09/2018
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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