EU Safety Gate · Report-2012-022
DM Drogerie Markt · Bath salts "Prinzessin Sternenzauber DM"
The product poses a risk of choking because its form, packaging, size and appearance are such that it is likely that children will confuse them with a foodstuff and consequently either place them in the mouth, suck or ingest them. With the effects of the saliva, the product expands and could entail the risk of choking or obstruction of the digestive tract. The product does not comply with Directive 87/357/EEC on products which, appearing to be other than they are, endanger the health or safety of consumers.
- Published
- 01 June 2012
- Notifying authority
- Bulgaria
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
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Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- 0825/12
- Model
- Barcode 4 010355 803856, DAN: 135655
- Check-digit validated barcodes
- 4010355803856
Classification
- Category
- Other - -
- Risk type
- Choking
- Country of origin
- Switzerland
Product description
Bath salts resembling sweets in the shape of stars, measuring 18.6 mm, with the smell of a foodstuff – a strawberry. They are placed inside a plastic container imitating a jar with a metal closing mechanism and an attractive pink label with various pictures: a princess with a dwarf, a doe, a squirr