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Fishing fishing toy — choking & injuries risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskChokingInjuriesMar 29, 2024
Photo from the official notice: Fishing fishing toy — choking & injuries risk
Photo from the official notice: Fishing fishing toy — choking & injuries risk

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

Hazard

The product has small parts (the magnets) that can easily detach. A child may put them in the mouth and ingest them, which may lead to choking if they enter the airways. If several magnets are swallowed, they could attract one another causing intestinal blockage or perforation. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive nor with the European standard EN 71-1.

Measures taken

  • Destruction of the product — Importer (19/02/2024)
  • Warning consumers of the risks — Importer (19/02/2024)
  • Withdrawal of the product from the market — Importer (19/02/2024)

Product description

Plastic toy set consisting of a plastic fishing rod, four fish with metal elements attached and a plastic scoop.

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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