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Duck Egg expandable toy — choking risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskChokingJun 21, 2013
Photo from the official notice: Duck Egg expandable toy — choking risk
Photo from the official notice: Duck Egg expandable toy — choking risk
Photo from the official notice: Duck Egg expandable toy — choking risk
Photo from the official notice: Duck Egg expandable toy — choking risk
Photo from the official notice: Duck Egg expandable toy — choking risk

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

Hazard

The product poses a risk of choking because small parts can be easily torn from the toy and may be put into the mouth and swallowed by children. As it expands, it can also cause fatal occlusion of the respiratory track of small children. The product does not comply with the Toy Safety Directive and with the relevant European standard EN 71-1.

Measures taken

  • Destruction of the product — Other (17/06/2013)

Product description

Effigy of an egg which includes an expandable toy in the form of a duck. The egg is packed in a transparent plastic.The following information and warnings are mentioned on the package: ‘Growing pet’, ‘Do not swallow’ and a label bearing the following signs: ‘Growing pet’, ’Amusing, Funny, Novel’, ‘D

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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