EU Safety Gate · Report-2022-21
Terrorist Spider
When the product is placed in water, the expanding material of the caterpillars increases in size by more than 50 percent. A child can put pieces into the mouth. As the toy expands, it can cause fatal occlusion of the respiratory tract and/or intestinal blockage. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive nor with the European standard EN 71-1.
- Published
- 27 May 2022
- Notifying authority
- Poland
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
Check the authority measure and original alert.
Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Importer. Category of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market. Date of entry into force: 29/03/2022 · Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Importer. Category of measure(s): Warning consumers of the risks. Date of entry into force: 29/03/2022
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- A12/00758/22
- Model
- TA119
- Check-digit validated barcodes
- 5903268204997
Classification
- Category
- Toys
- Risk type
- Choking
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
Product description
Toy spider (size 64 mm), made of plastic material. There are two holes in the abdomen that contain two caterpillars of approximately 26 mm.