ROXAN · Candles

The product poses a risk of choking as due to its characteristic form, appearance, colour and size, the product may be mistaken for a foodstuff. This may lead children to put it in their mouths and swallow it, which could entail the risk of asphyxia or obstruction of the digestive tract. The product does not comply with the Directive 87/357/EEC on products which, appearing to be other than what they are, endanger the health or safety of consumers.

Published: 05 September 2008
Notifying authority: Spain
Catalog checked: 30 July 2026

What should you do?

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 alert

Product identification

Safety Gate reference: 0951/08
Model: Model: 100629,
Check-digit validated barcodes: 4044984013584

Classification

Category: Other - Food-imitating products
Risk type: Choking
Country of origin: People's Republic of China

Product description

The candles are presented in the form of ice-cream and fruit: pear, watermelon, peach, etc, in glass dishes. The candles come in transparent plastic boxes containing twelve ´sundaes´ in four different models. Each one contains a label with information including the article number, the barcode and the wording 'Made in China'.