EU Safety Gate · Report-2007-31
Unknown · Candles in the form of sweets
Given their form, colour and size, these candles may lead consumers and young children in particular, to mistake them for foodstuffs. As candles, they are easy to bite, and a piece might be swallowed, which may entail a risk of choking and gastrointestinal upsets.
- Published
- 10 August 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
- 0784/07
- Model
- REF: 05555, 05556, 05557 and 05558Bar code: 8431175055564, 8431175055571, 8431175055557 and 8431175055588
- Check-digit validated barcodes
- 8431175055557 · 8431175055564 · 8431175055571 · 8431175055588
Classification
- Category
- Other - Food-imitating products
- Risk type
- Choking
- Country of origin
- Not published
Product description
These are candles in the form of various kinds of sweets. They are packed in rigid transparent plastic boxes, wrapped in a gift ribbon from which a label printed "chocolate" hangs. They also have an adhesive label which carries the details of the importer and the bar codes.