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Tricycle for children – Tricycle

Serious risk Choking, Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 8 May 2008In the weekly report of 9 May 2008 (week 18, 2008)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 6 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Tricycle for children
Brand
Tricycle
Brand as notified
TRICYCLE
Type / model
Model T18, code 75718
Description
Tricycle for small children (under 36 months). It has a grey metallic frame with various orange plastic parts. On the saddle there is a safety belt to protect the rider from falling off. The bicycle also has a small basket and a long handle to allow an adult to steer it.
Risk
The product poses a risk of:- injuries because the handle used by an adult for steering the toy can be removed without the use of any tools, revealing two rigid protruding metal parts, - choking because there are parts (seat supporting screw, plastic housing of tubes) which can be removed without using any tools and which fit entirely into the small parts cylinder.The product does not comply with the Toys Directive and with the relevant European standard EN 71.
Measures
  • Withdrawal from the market ordered by the authorities. Press release has been issued
Notifying country
Greece
Country of origin
Taiwan
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0503/08
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0503/08
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2008-18 (XML)
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