EU Safety Gate · Report-2008-15
HINGFAT TOYS MANUFACTURER® · Expanding toys - "Colored Growing'
The product poses a risk of choking because the figure and the parts of the expanding figure grow in size by more than 50% when submerged in water. If a child swallows parts of this toy, contact with the saliva or gastric juices will cause the toy to grow in size, which may cause asphyxia or gastrointestinal injuries. The product does not comply with the Toys Directive and with the relevant European standard EN 71.
- Published
- 18 April 2008
- Notifying authority
- Lithuania
- 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, withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers ordered by the authorities.. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- 0438/08
- Model
- No.533,
- Check-digit validated barcodes
- 2000053313957
Classification
- Category
- Toys
- Risk type
- Choking
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
Product description
Expanding toy sea-shell made from hard spongy and expanding polymeric, in multicoloured material. The toy contains the following markings: “COLORED GROWING“, „It grows in water!”, “Caution: Do not swallow”, “WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD- Small parts. Not for children under 3 Years”, “EXPAND 600 % OF SIZE” and trademark with lettering: “HingFat TOYS MANUFACTURER®, art. No.533". It also carries a CE mark, a pictogram concerning age 0-3 restriction and an adhesive tag with an inscription in Lithuanian. Size of toy – (65 x 60 x 35 mm), mass – 22.5 gr.