ROGITO® · Candles

The product poses a risk of choking due to its characteristic form, appearance, colour and size, the product may be mistaken for a foodstuff. This may lead children to put it in their mouths and swallow it, which could entail the risk of asphyxia or obstruction of the digestive tract. The product does not comply with the Directive 87/357/EEC on products which, appearing to be other than they are, endanger the health or safety of consumers.

Published: 14 March 2008
Notifying authority: Slovakia
Catalog checked: 30 July 2026

What should you do?

Check the authority measure and original alert.

Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Other. Category of measure(s): Sales ban and withdrawal from the market ordered by the authorities.. Date of entry into force: Unknown

Official source alert

Product identification

Safety Gate reference: 0328/08
Model: type: Candle collection 1937, Apple

Classification

Category: Other - Food-imitating products
Risk type: Choking
Country of origin: Not published

Product description

The product is packed in a transparent plastic closed with a ribbon; a label is attached with the following data “Candle collection 1937, APPLE”. Despite the name of the product, the candle is in the shape of a lemon size 8cm (diameter) x 5cm (height).