EU Safety Gate · Report-2007-20
VIDAL · Candles in the shape of fruit (apple, strawberry, lemon, pear and peach)
This product poses a serious of choking because it may mislead consumers since, given their shape, colour, appearance and size, consumers and particularly children may confuse them for food. Conclusions: if a consumer were to try and eat one of these candles, he might choke or his digestive tract might become blocked.
- Published
- 25 May 2007
- Notifying authority
- Spain
- 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): Withdrawal from the market ordered by the authorities. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- 0466/07
- Model
- Item No: 0214071
- Check-digit validated barcodes
- 8432583140712
Classification
- Category
- Other - Food-imitating products
- Risk type
- Choking
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
Product description
Candles in the shape of a red apple, strawberry, lemon, pear and peach. They are packaged individually in a transparent, plastic box bearing a label with details of the importer, CE mark, item number (0214071), bar code and the wording "Fruit candles with case".