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MAGIC TISSUE wet wipes "compressed wet wipes" — choking & suffocation risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskChokingSuffocationNov 18, 2011
Photo from the official notice: MAGIC TISSUE wet wipes "compressed wet wipes" — choking & suffocation risk
Photo from the official notice: MAGIC TISSUE wet wipes "compressed wet wipes" — choking & suffocation risk

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

Hazard

The products pose a risk of choking because their form, packaging, size and appearance are such that it is likely that children will confuse them with a foodstuff and consequently either place them in the mouth, suck or ingest them. With the effects of the saliva, the product expands and could entail the risk of asphyxia or obstruction of the digestive tract.The products do not comply with Directive 87/357/EEC on products which, appearing to be other than they are, endanger the health or safety of consumers.

Product description

1. Packaging of a single item: White compressed wet wipes in the form of a small cylindrical tablet (approx. dimensions: diameter 1.9 cm, height 1 cm). The product expands when a few drops of water are added (approx. dimensions of the expanded tissue: 24 x 25 cm). Each item is packed in a transp

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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