EU Safety Gate · Report-2010-40
Blue 2 · Expanding toy - Growing Spider
The product poses a risk of choking because the legs can be easily pulled off from the body of the spider and could be put in the mouth. The legs could cause adverse health affects if they were swallowed because they could expand in the stomach. The product does not comply with the Toys Directive and with the relevant European standard EN 71.
- Published
- 08 October 2010
- Notifying authority
- United Kingdom
- 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 and recall from consumers.. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- 1476/10
- Model
- 7B3009
Classification
- Category
- Toys
- Risk type
- Choking, Health risk / other
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
Product description
Plastic spider in two colours that expands. Packaged in a plastic bag with a header card ‘GROWING SPIDER’ on the reverse are the age and choking hazard warnings.