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Popolini necklace "iris root" — choking & strangulation risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskChokingStrangulationJan 20, 2012
Photo from the official notice: Popolini necklace "iris root" — choking & strangulation risk

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

Hazard

The product poses a risk of choking and strangulation because the iris root breaks into small pieces that can be swallowed and because the necklace is too long.In addition, the product does not comply with the national legislation regarding claims of therapeutic value for one or more illnesses without meeting the requirements laid down in the Medicines Act and its implementing provisions, and ascribing specific preventive or therapeutic effects unsupported by adequate technical or scientific tests accredited and expressly recognised by the State health authority.

Product description

Iris root attached to a cotton cord. The item is packaged in transparent plastic containing a thin card printed with information about the therapeutic properties and warnings in Spanish about its use for babies.

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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