EU Safety Gate · Report-2019-050
PIPI TOYS · Squishy Mesh Balls (Wabbelmasse)
The liquid inside the product contains an excessive amount of aerobic mesophilic bacteria (measured value: 260000 cfu/g), among which Klebsiella oxytoca and Rhizobium radiobacter. Klebsiella oxytoca, which can be resistant to antibiotics, and Rhizobium radiobacter are opportunistic pathogens and could lead to bacterial sepsis or pneumonia in immunocompromised individuals. The product could break while the child is playing with it and become exposed to the bacteria. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive.
- Published
- 13 December 2019
- Notifying authority
- Germany
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
Check the authority measure and original alert.
Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Retailer. Category of measure(s): Warning consumers of the risks. Date of entry into force: 07/11/2019 · Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Retailer. Category of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market. Date of entry into force: 07/11/2019 · Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Retailer. Category of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users. Date of entry into force: 07/11/2019
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- A12/1954/19
- Model
- ITEM Nº: G18232-002
- Batch
- 0 797776 571390
- Check-digit validated barcodes
- 0797776571390
Classification
- Category
- Toys
- Risk type
- Microbiological
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
Product description
Squishy ball (6 cm) made of transparent material with green glitter, filled with colourless gel beads and green glitter in a white plastic mesh. The products are sold in a coloured printed cardboard box containing 12 balls individually wrapped in plastic.