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Gema soft toy bear — choking risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskChokingOct 3, 2014
Photo from the official notice: Gema soft toy bear — choking risk
Photo from the official notice: Gema soft toy bear — choking risk
Photo from the official notice: Gema soft toy bear — choking risk

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

Hazard

The eye of the bear comes loose under a low force and, as a consequence, the stuffing of expanded polystyrene beads comes out. The eye and the beads are thus easily accessible for a child who could put them in his/her mouth causing obstruction of the airways.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71-1.

Measures taken

  • Import rejected at border — Other (08/09/2014)

Product description

A plush teddy bear filled with small, expanded polystyrene beads.

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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