EU Safety Gate · Report-2006-17
"Boots" · 1) Boots Designer Soothers,2) Boots Clear Soothers.
These products pose a risk of choking because the soothers might come apart due to the manufacturing failure.A very small number of soothers have been found to come apart posing a choking hazard. Quality Response Report from Jackel China factory states visual checks were carried out on 1750 soothers, which involved test to pull them apart by hand, 2 failed because they had not been welded. A further 500 were tested mechanically with forces in excess of 200N and none failed. Two customer complaints that soothers had fallen apart have been reported.
- Published
- 05 May 2006
- Notifying authority
- United Kingdom
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
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Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other. Category of measure(s): Voluntary recall from consumers by the producer.. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- 0248/06
- Model
- 1) item code 41-09-643, 2) item code 23-68-102
Classification
- Category
- Childcare articles and children's equipment
- Risk type
- Choking
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
Product description
Soothers "Boots"