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Warplane toy helicopter with sweets — choking risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskChokingMar 24, 2017
Photo from the official notice: Warplane toy helicopter with sweets — choking risk
Photo from the official notice: Warplane toy helicopter with sweets — choking risk
Photo from the official notice: Warplane toy helicopter with sweets — choking risk

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

Hazard

Small parts can easily detach from the toy (wheel, freewheels with metallic axles and their fixing parts). A small child may put them in the mouth and choke.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71-1.

Measures taken

  • Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures — Importer (09/01/2017)

Product description

Toy helicopter made of hard, green-coloured, plastic with three wheels and two propellers. By pulling the string, the helicopter moves and the propellers rotate. There are sweets in a plastic bag inside a transparent plastic compartment. The toy is sold without packaging.

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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