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Serious risk Choking

Published by Safety Gate 25 Aug 2005In the weekly report of 26 Aug 2005 (week 34, 2005)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 2 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Description
Balloon powered toy car “JET RACER”(model CL-600)
Risk
Risk of choking. The toy contains a separate, loosely attached balloon nozzle. The toy does not fulfil the relevant requirements for mouthpieces attached to balloons. One accident happened in Finland where an 8-year old child accidentally inhaled the mouthpiece while blowing up the balloon and nearly choked to death.
Measures
  • Voluntary recall of products from the consumers and withdrawal from the market
Notifying country
Finland
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0463/05Photo 2 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0463/05
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0463/05
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2005-34 (XML)
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