EU Safety Gate · Report-2008-11
Unknown · 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 mouth 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
- 21 March 2008
- Notifying authority
- Slovakia
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
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 ordered by the authorities. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- 0346/08
- Model
- 1) Candle red apples - code: 105760, EAN code: 85850264084882) Candle green apples code: 105750, EAN code: 8585026408471- 3) Candle yellow lemons - code:105720, EAN code: 8585026408464
- Check-digit validated barcodes
- 8585026408464 · 8585026408471
Classification
- Category
- Other - Food-imitating products
- Risk type
- Choking
- Country of origin
- Not published
Product description
1) Candles in a form of red apple, size about 3 cm, packed per 10 pieces in a bucket (diameter about 9 cm), marking in the bottom of the bucket. 2) Candles in a form of green apple, size about 3 cm, packed per 10 pieces in a bucket (diameter about 9 cm), marking in the bottom of the bucket. 3) Candles in a form of yellow lemon, size about 3 cm, packed per 10 pieces in a bucket and a transparent foil, (diameter about 9 cm), marking in the bottom of the bucket.