EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Toys
Toy car “School bus” — risk: choking
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/02891/23
Summary
Small piece can easily detach from the toy. A child could put it in the mouth and choke. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive nor with European standard EN 71-1.
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Product
Toy car
- Name / model
- School bus · Friends
- Batch number(s)
- 620117
- Barcode
- 6410416201177
- Category
- Toys
- Toy school bus made of blue hard plastic with four grey wheels with an inertial mechanism. Movable figures of the driver and passengers. In the cut-out boxes, on one side, there are animal drawings and three rotating rattling wheels, on the other, rotating square.
What is the risk?
- Small piece can easily detach from the toy. A child could put it in the mouth and choke. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive nor with European standard EN 71-1.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: RetailerCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
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Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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