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Plush Baby Shark soft toy — chemical & choking risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskChemicalChokingMay 1, 2020
Photo from the official notice: Plush Baby Shark soft toy — chemical & choking risk
Photo from the official notice: Plush Baby Shark soft toy — chemical & choking risk
Photo from the official notice: Plush Baby Shark soft toy — chemical & choking risk

Photos from the official notice: EU Safety Gate (European Commission) · image rights

Hazard

The toy's foam filling is easily accessible, while its battery box can be easily opened, generating small parts and leaving button batteries accessible. A small child may put in its mouth the small parts and choke on them, or the button batteries , which could cause damage to the child’s gastrointestinal tract or choking. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71-1.

Measures taken

  • Removal of this product listing by the online marketplace — Other

Product description

Soft toy in the shape of a blue baby shark. The product was sold online, in particular via Amazon.

What should I do?

If you own this product, stop using it and check the official notice for what the seller or authority advises (return, refund, repair or disposal). Measures listed here were reported by national authorities to the EU Safety Gate system.

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