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B&G International Les Bulles (the bubbles) toy bubble gun — chemical & choking risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskChemicalChokingFeb 14, 2014
Photo from the official notice: B&G International Les Bulles (the bubbles) toy bubble gun — chemical & choking risk

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

Hazard

The product poses a risk of choking because the plastic envelope containing the button batteries can break easily, allowing access to the batteries which can be easily swallowed by children. The product poses an electro-chemical risk because the ingestion of the batteries could enact a short-circuit in the digestive system when they come into contact with liquids. The product does not comply with the Toy Safety Directive and the relevant European standard EN 62115.

Measures taken

  • Withdrawal of the product from the market — Other (07/01/2014)
  • Recall of the product from end users — Other (07/01/2014)
  • Destruction of the product — Other (07/01/2014)

Product description

Luminous soap bubble gun in the shape of a dolphin, without a pump system, functioning with button batteries and provided with a plastic bottle containing bubble liquid in a blister pack. Dimensions: gun: 17x14 cm, bottle: height 6 cm, diameter 4 cm.

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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