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Expanding toys — choking risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskChokingOct 26, 2018
Photo from the official notice: Expanding toys — choking risk
Photo from the official notice: Expanding toys — choking risk
Photo from the official notice: Expanding toys — choking risk
Photo from the official notice: Expanding toys — choking risk
Photo from the official notice: Expanding toys — choking risk
Photo from the official notice: Expanding toys — choking risk

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

Hazard

The products expand in size by more than 50% when placed in water. If the small balls are put into the mouth by children and swallowed by children, they could expand causing fatal occlusion of the respiratory tract or intestinal blockage. 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

3 different types of expanding toys sold in bulk in clear plastic bags with no warnings or any other markings. The products are sold online (for example, via AliExpress).

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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