EU Safety Gate · Report-2011-046
MAGIC TISSUE · Wet wipes "Compressed wet wipes"
The products pose a risk of choking because their 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 asphyxia or obstruction of the digestive tract. The products do 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
- 18 November 2011
- Notifying authority
- Greece
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
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Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- 1292/11
- Batch
- 1. 5 200312 289987 (on packaging of a single item)2. 6 940938 100134 (on packaging of 100 items)
- Check-digit validated barcodes
- 5200312289987 · 6940938100134
Classification
- Category
- Other - -
- Risk type
- Choking, Suffocation
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
Product description
1. Packaging of a single item: White compressed wet wipes in the form of a small cylindrical tablet (approx. dimensions: diameter 1.9 cm, height 1 cm). The product expands when a few drops of water are added (approx. dimensions of the expanded tissue: 24 x 25 cm). Each item is packed in a transp