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Animal pinchingball stress ball — choking risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskChokingMay 2, 2025
Photo from the official notice: Animal pinchingball stress ball — choking risk
Photo from the official notice: Animal pinchingball stress ball — choking risk
Photo from the official notice: Animal pinchingball stress ball — choking risk

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

Hazard

The toy has small parts which can detach (eyes). A small child may put them in the mouth and choke. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive nor with European standard EN 71-1.

Measures taken

  • Withdrawal of the product from the market — Distributor
  • Recall of the product from end users — Distributor (26/12/2024)
  • Warning consumers of the risks — Other (02/05/2025)
  • Removal of this product listing by the online marketplace — Other (02/05/2025)

Product description

Soft red plastic dinosaur toy, containing an LED, with a purple crest and black and white eyes which stick out from the head when the toy is squeezed. Product 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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