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Wooden Education Baby Fruit Toys wooden toy — choking & strangulation risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskChokingStrangulationOct 26, 2018
Photo from the official notice: Wooden Education Baby Fruit Toys wooden toy — choking & strangulation risk
Photo from the official notice: Wooden Education Baby Fruit Toys wooden toy — choking & strangulation risk

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

Hazard

The cord attached to the wooden apples is too long, which could lead to strangulation, and a part of the apple detached, generating a small part. A child may put the small part into 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

  • Authority warning consumers of the risk — Other (10/09/2018)
  • Removal of the products from the Wish platform — Other (03/10/2018)

Product description

Wooden toy apple with a worm attached to a string, used to train motor skills. Packed in a clear plastic bag. The product is sold online (for example on the Wish marketplace).

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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