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Crystal balls - Seven Color Crystal Boll – Bio Gel — choking risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskChokingNov 19, 2010

Hazard

The product poses a risk of choking because the balls can be mistaken for sweets by children and placed into the mouth. The balls expand rapidly on contact with water and could therefore partially or completely obstruct the airway if accidentally swallowed or if they enter the respiratory tract.

Measures taken

  • Seizure of the products, withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers ordered by the authorities — Other

Product description

Multicoloured and transparent balls with initial diameter of 0.3 cm or 0.4 cm which can absorb water to reach a diameter of 1 cm, in transparent plastic packaging with a coloured cardboard label marked "Microsfere Seven Color Crystal Boll Gel, MADE in CHINA, Designed by Korea" and instructions in English only.

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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