EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Other - Scented soft plastic to chew
Training device for jaw muscles Jawliner “Jawliner 2.0” — risk: choking
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/01876/20
Summary
Due to its appearance, size and smell (very similar to the smell of a chewing gum or a mint sweet), the product may be mistaken for foodstuff. This may lead consumers, and specially children, to put the product in the mouth, which could entail the risk of choking. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Food imitating Products Directive.
A Safety Gate alert means that national authorities found a serious or relevant risk and took measures. The same product may also be sold under other names or online.
Product
Training device for jaw muscles — Jawliner
- Brand
- Jawliner
- Name / model
- Jawliner 2.0 · hard, medium, soft
- Barcode
- 4 270001 272508 hard4 270001 272522 medium4 270001 272546 so
- Category
- Other - Scented soft plastic to chew
- Plastic cube with rounded sides and edges; made of plastic, grey (soft) and black (medium and hard); intense mint fragrance; Length: 2.4 cm; Width: 1.7 cm; Height: 1.3 cm. The product was sold online.
What is the risk?
- Due to its appearance, size and smell (very similar to the smell of a chewing gum or a mint sweet), the product may be mistaken for foodstuff. This may lead consumers, and specially children, to put the product in the mouth, which could entail the risk of choking. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Food imitating Products Directive.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): DistributorCategory of measure(s): Stop of sales
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): DistributorCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): DistributorCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
Data and images: Safety Gate, © European Union, licensed under CC BY 4.0. EU Safety Radar is an independent information service; the text above is an editorial presentation of the official data — the entry in the source system is authoritative.
Open in Safety Gate ↗