Skip to content

Earthsound Plush Bear — strangulation risk

UK OPSSSerious riskStrangulationNov 3, 2025
Photo from the official notice: Earthsound Plush Bear — strangulation risk

Photos from the official notice: UK Office for Product Safety and Standards (GOV.UK) · image rights

Hazard

The bear features a decorative bow tie with ribbon strands exceeding safe length thresholds for children’s products. The elongated ribbon poses a serious risk of strangulation, particularly for infants and young children, due to potential entanglement around the neck during play, sleep, or accidental wrapping. This product does not meet the requirements of the Toys (Safety) Regulations 2011.

Remedy

The import has been rejected at the border and destroyed.

Product safety report

Measures taken

  • Destruction of the product
  • Import rejected at border

Product description

A plush toy bear with neck scarf.

Matching notices: same barcode or model

Other official notices (EU, U.S. or UK) with the same barcode, or the same brand and model number. Check the details: a match is a strong hint, not proof that it is the same product.

What should I do?

If you own this product, stop using it and follow the corrective action above: contact the retailer or supplier for a repair, replacement or refund. This notice was published by the UK Office for Product Safety and Standards.

More from this brand

See all →

Recent alerts in this category

See all →