EU Safety Gate · Report-2014-002
Sanrio · Hello Kitty
The product poses a risk of choking because the flower on the head can be easily removed by children, put in the mouth and could block the airways. The product does not comply with the Toys Safety Directive and with the relevant European standard EN 71-1.
- Published
- 17 January 2014
- 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 of the product from the market. Date of entry into force: 20/02/2013
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- A12/0054/14
- Model
- A41999
- Batch
- 3298061507133
- Check-digit validated barcodes
- 3298061507133
Classification
- Category
- Toys
- Risk type
- Choking
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
Product description
The toy comes with a pink bag with decorative motifs in the form of flowers and a Hello Kitty figure. The bag has two white handles tied at the top with a pink ribbon. The 'Hello Kitty' soft toy is white with eyes and whiskers embroidered in brown thread and the nose embroidered in yellow thread. I