EU Safety Gate · Report-2009-22
Happy Star · Pull along toy - Cartoon Eden
The product poses a risk of choking because small parts may easily detach from the toy. The product does not comply with the Toys Directive and with the relevant European standard EN 71.
- Published
- 12 June 2009
- Notifying authority
- Poland
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
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Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other. Category of measure(s): Voluntary withdrawal from the market by the importer.. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- 0742/09
- Model
- EAN 5900368562026; n° 218; Art n°MPC56202.
- Check-digit validated barcodes
- 5900368562026
Classification
- Category
- Toys
- Risk type
- Choking
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
Product description
A toy hippopotamus with a cord, moving on four wheels. The cord is ended with a small ring handle. On the side of the toy there are four buttons, geometrically shaped, with pictures of animals (cat, dog, duck and frog). Pressing any of the buttons causes emission of the sound of the animal on the picture or a melody. On the back of the hippopotamus there is a light emitting component, covered with red, semi-transparent plastic. The light is emitted simultaneously with the sounds or melodies. The packaging is a cardboard box, coloured mostly violet, with pictures of different models of the toy (lion, cow, and frog). The toys is marked with CE mark and following information: name and address of the importer, “Made in China”, EAN number. There is also a warning about the risk of swallowing small parts and about the need to store the packaging due to useful information, but not within the reach of children, as the packaging is not a toy, pictogram concerning the age 0-3 restriction, and “AGE 3+” inscription.