Choking, Suffocation

Soft toy

Year: 
2016
Week: 
1
Product: 
Giraffe Baby Crib Activity Spiral Stroller Toy
Brand: 

The small electronic music component in one of the toy birds can be easily accessed by opening the Velcro fastening. A child may put it in the mouth and choke. The plastic bag of the packaging is too thin. If a child plays with the packaging, the plastic can cover the mouth and nose causing the child to suffocate. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71-1.

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Balance bicyle

Year: 
2016
Week: 
26
Product: 
Unknown
Brand: 

A sticker and a plastic plug on the bicycle can be detached, generating small parts. A small child may put them in the mouth and choke. Moreover, the plastic bag of the packaging is too thin: if a child plays with the packaging, the plastic can cover the mouth and nose causing the child to suffocate. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71-1.

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Baby mobile

Year: 
2016
Week: 
23
Product: 
Jocund Baby
Brand: 

Parts of the mobile (e.g. blue ring, small pink, green and blue balls) may break or detach and generate small parts. A small child could put the small parts in the mouth and choke on them. The plastic of the packaging is too thin: if a child plays with the packaging, the plastic can cover the mouth and nose causing the child to suffocate. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71-1.

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Toy playset

Year: 
2016
Week: 
22
Product: 
'Coffee Set' and 'Kitchen Set'

The lids of the saucepan and paella dish have a hemispheric shape and could therefore cover the nose and mouth of small children, leading to suffocation. Moreover, the handle and the lid of the coffee pot break easily, generating small parts. A small child could put them in the mouth and choke. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71-1.

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Toy puzzle clock

Year: 
2016
Week: 
9
Product: 
Puzzle Reloj EVA
Brand: 

The hands of the clock become detached easily, releasing small parts (the hands). A small child may put them in the mouth and choke. Moreover, the plastic bag of the packaging is too thin. If a child plays with the packaging, the plastic can cover the mouth and nose causing the child to suffocate. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71-1.

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Plastic aeroplane

Year: 
2016
Week: 
8
Product: 
D-63 Super Power Plane
Brand: 

Small parts can easily detach from the toy (i.e. the plastic stickers, the wheels, the pull cord, the axis of the rear wheels and the inner fragments of the musical mechanism). A small child could put them in the mouth and choke on them. Furthermore, the plastic bag of the packaging is too thin and if a child plays with it, the plastic can cover her/his mouth and nose, causing the child to suffocate. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71-1.

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Push-along toy

Year: 
2016
Week: 
7
Product: 
Zwierz?tko-zabawka ('animal toy')
Brand: 

The product contains small parts (the antennae and the balls attached to the wheels) that can easily detach; small children can put them in the mouth and choke on them. The plastic bag of the packaging is too thin. If a child plays with the packaging, the plastic can cover the mouth and nose causing the child to suffocate. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71-1.

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