OPSS Medium Food imitating products

Product Safety Report: Buttonbabblegifts Novelty Food Fridge Magnets (2103-0089)

Published by Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS): 26 March 2022 · Ref. 2103-0089

Reason for the recall

The product presents a medium risk of choking as it’s reasonably foreseeable that a child could confuse the magnets with the food items it was designed to imitate. There is a risk that the magnets become drawn to each other in the digestive system, which could cause serious injury or death if medical attention is not sought immediately.

Reasonsee the original notice

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Product

Buttonbabblegifts Novelty Food Fridge Magnets

Category: Food imitating products
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Type of recall: Product safety report

Summary
Product: Buttonbabblegifts Novelty Food Fridge Magnets
Hazard: The product presents a medium risk of choking as it’s reasonably foreseeable that a child could confuse the magnets with the food items it was designed to imitate. There is a risk that the magnets become drawn to each other in the digestive system, which could cause serious injury or death if medical attention is not sought immediately.
Corrective action: The product has been voluntarily withdrawn from the market
Product information
Type
Food-imitating products – Fridge magnets
Country of Origin
United Kingdom
Product description
Mixed fridge food imitating magnets
Product Report and Image
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Hazard
It is reasonably foreseeable that a child could confuse the magnets with the food items it was designed to imitate.
The product is capable of fitting into a small parts cylinder, presenting a choking hazard for a child under 3yrs of age.
When tested, all five of the magnets were found to have a magnetic flux index above 50 kG2mm2 and an average across the sample of 87.4 kG2mm2.
If two or more magnets are swallowed, there is a risk that the magnets become drawn to each other in the digestive system, which could cause serious injury or death if medical attention is not sought immediately.
The product does not meet the requirements of the Food Imitations (Safety) Regulations 1989.
Corrective action
The product has been voluntarily withdrawn from the market.
Additional information
PSD case number: 2103-0089
Notified by: Office for Product Safety and Standards

What to do

The product has been voluntarily withdrawn from the market
Product information
Type
Food-imitating products – Fridge magnets

Source: Product Safety Alerts, Reports and Recalls (OPSS) — Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS)

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