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Sanmei toys plastic bath toy — choking risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskChokingSep 20, 2013
Photo from the official notice: Sanmei toys plastic bath toy — choking risk
Photo from the official notice: Sanmei toys plastic bath toy — choking risk
Photo from the official notice: Sanmei toys plastic bath toy — choking risk
Photo from the official notice: Sanmei toys plastic bath toy — choking risk

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

Hazard

The product poses a risk of choking because the dolphin used as the starting mechanism is easily detached from the toy and could be put into the mouth and swallowed by children.The product does not comply with the Toy Safety Directive and with the relevant European standard EN 71-1.

Measures taken

  • Withdrawal of the product from the market — Other (04/03/2013)

Product description

Bath toy in the form of a blue dolphin with a mechanism to move in the water. Underneath the dolphin there are three red wheels. A much smaller dolphin is fitted underneath and serves as a starting handle for the mechanism, which is activated by pulling.

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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