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Decorative articles — choking risk (0686/06)

EU Safety GateSerious riskChokingOct 27, 2006

Hazard

The product may be mistaken for food (sweets) or mistakenly used as ice cubes. It has sharp edges and can be swallowed in whole. The product thereby poses a risk of ingestion, health hazard from choking and displacement of the digestive tract. Investigation regarding the safety of similar products is pending.

Measures taken

  • Sales ban and recall from consumers ordered by the authority — Other

Product description

Clear ice cubes - irregular lumps of transparent, hard, uncoloured plastic, with sharp edges sometimes running to a point.

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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