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Toy train Plastoy “Barbatrain - Barbapapa” — risk: choking
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0214/15
Summary
null The elephant's trunk, the rabbit ears, the crocodile's nose and the giraffe's head are too long: small children may put them in the mouth where they may get stuck and obstruct the airways.The small hook of the black carriage can easily detach. A small child could put it in the mouth and choke on it.The product does not comply with the requirements of Toy Safety Directive and the relevant European standard EN…
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Product
- Soft plastic train including an engine, four carriages and four animal figurines (black giraffe, green crocodile, blue rabbit and red elephant), supplied in a cardboard box.
What is the risk?
- null The elephant's trunk, the rabbit ears, the crocodile's nose and the giraffe's head are too long: small children may put them in the mouth where they may get stuck and obstruct the airways.The small hook of the black carriage can easily detach. A small child could put it in the mouth and choke on it.The product does not comply with the requirements of 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: Unknown
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
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