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Expanding toy - Dinosaur egg – growing pet – Magic Egg

Serious risk Choking

Published by Safety Gate 12 Mar 2009In the weekly report of 13 Mar 2009 (week 9, 2009)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked just nowSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Expanding toy - Dinosaur egg – growing pet
Brand
Magic Egg
Brand as notified
Magic egg
Type / model
0803370
Barcode
5100008033705
Barcodes listed
5100008033705 (official alert record)
Description
Toy in form of egg. The shell is made from white fragile material with perforations. The green dinosaur is hidden in an egg, which hatches and grows when immersing it into water and growing up it broke down shell of egg. The dimensions of the egg approximately: 58x46 mm, weight: 29 g. The toy intended for kids elder than 36 months.
Risk
The product poses a risk of choking because after 72 hours in water the figure and parts of the expanding figure grow in size by more than 50%. If a child swallows this toy or part of it, contact with the saliva or gastric juices will cause the toy to expand which may cause asphyxia or gastrointestinal injuries.The product does not comply with the Toys Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71.
Measures
  • Sales ban, withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers ordered by the authorities
Notifying country
Lithuania
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0324/09
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0324/09
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2009-9 (XML)
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