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Terrorist Spider plastic toy — choking risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskChokingMay 27, 2022
Photo from the official notice: Terrorist Spider plastic toy — choking risk

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

Hazard

When the product is placed in water, the expanding material of the caterpillars increases in size by more than 50 percent. A child can put pieces into the mouth. As the toy expands, it can cause fatal occlusion of the respiratory tract and/or intestinal blockage. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive nor with the European standard EN 71-1.

Measures taken

  • Withdrawal of the product from the market — Importer (29/03/2022)
  • Warning consumers of the risks — Importer (29/03/2022)

Product description

Toy spider (size 64 mm), made of plastic material. There are two holes in the abdomen that contain two caterpillars of approximately 26 mm.

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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