Serious riskSerious risk
EU Safety Gate · Report-2013-010
S.M. · 50 Balloons
The product poses the risk of choking because small children could put the empty balloons in the mouth and swallow. The product does not bear the warning about the danger of suffocation for children under the age of 8 due to deflated or destroyed balloons, or that adult supervision is required; missing information about the use of natural rubber filled with calcium carbonate (CaCO3). This product does not comply with the Toy Safety Directive and the relevant European standard EN-71.
- Published
- 15 March 2013
- Notifying authority
- Czechia
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
Check the authority measure and original alert.
Open the original alert before further use and follow the measures stated there.
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- A12/0315/13
- Model
- Item No. 3959
- Batch
- 8592011072975
- Check-digit validated barcodes
- 8592011072975
Classification
- Category
- Toys
- Risk type
- Choking
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
Product description
Balloons (50 pcs / pack), packed in a cellophane bag marked "Happy Birthday Printed".
