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GLJ.CY Giraffe Silicone Pendant / Teething Toy baby teether toy — choking & strangulation risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskChokingStrangulationOct 26, 2018
Photo from the official notice: GLJ.CY Giraffe Silicone Pendant / Teething Toy baby teether toy — choking & strangulation risk
Photo from the official notice: GLJ.CY Giraffe Silicone Pendant / Teething Toy baby teether toy — choking & strangulation risk

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

Hazard

The cord attached to the toy is too long. It could wrap around the child's neck causing a strangulation hazard.The rear legs may cause choking. Moreover, due to the size and shape of certain parts of the teether toy head and rear legs), a small child could choke.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71-1.

Measures taken

  • Authority warning consumers of the risk — Other (10/09/2018)
  • Removal of the products from the AliExpress platform — Other (14/09/2018)

Product description

Baby teether toy in the form of a giraffe. The product is sold online (for example via AliExpress) and packaged in a plastic bag with no markings.

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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