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Swing - Chicken swing – Gepetto

Serious risk Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 18 Feb 2010In the weekly report of 19 Feb 2010 (week 7, 2010)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 2 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Swing - Chicken swing
Brand
Gepetto
Type / model
Wooden baby swing.
Description
Swing for children up to 35 month. Made of organic, FSC certified birch (wood) with a yellow head and body looking like a chicken (or duck). The weight of the toy is approximately 2.4 kg.
Risk
The swing poses a risk of injuries to the heads of children because the impact force from the swing is too high (measured acceleration was 288 g whereas the requirement in EN 71-8 is that it should be less than 50 g). The product does not comply with the Toys Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71.
Measures
  • Voluntary stop of sales by the importer
Notifying country
Denmark
Country of origin
Poland
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0290/10
Photos shown from the Safety Gate server (European Commission); not copied here.

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0290/10
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2010-7 (XML)
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