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Expanding toys - "Colored Growing' – Hingfat Toys Manufacturer

Serious risk Choking

Published by Safety Gate 17 Apr 2008In the weekly report of 18 Apr 2008 (week 15, 2008)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 7 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Expanding toys - "Colored Growing'
Brand
Hingfat Toys Manufacturer
Brand as notified
HINGFAT TOYS MANUFACTURER®
Type / model
No.533,
Barcode
2000053313957
Barcodes listed
2000053313957 (official alert record)
Description
Expanding toy sea-shell made from hard spongy and expanding polymeric, in multicoloured material. The toy contains the following markings: “COLORED GROWING“, „It grows in water!”, “Caution: Do not swallow”, “WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD- Small parts. Not for children under 3 Years”, “EXPAND 600 % OF SIZE” and trademark with lettering: “HingFat TOYS MANUFACTURER®, art. No.533". It also carries a CE mark, a pictogram concerning age 0-3 restriction and an adhesive tag with an inscription in Lithuanian. Size of toy – (65 x 60 x 35 mm), mass – 22.5 gr.
Risk
The product poses a risk of choking because the figure and the parts of the expanding figure grow in size by more than 50% when submerged in water. If a child swallows parts of this toy, contact with the saliva or gastric juices will cause the toy to grow in size, which may cause asphyxia or gastrointestinal injuries. The product does not comply with the Toys Directive and with 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 0438/08
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0438/08
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2008-15 (XML)
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