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Serious risk Choking

Published by Safety Gate 26 Oct 2006In the weekly report of 27 Oct 2006 (week 42, 2006)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 5 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Type / model
238000899
Description
Clear ice cubes - irregular lumps of transparent, hard, uncoloured plastic, with sharp edges sometimes running to a point.
Risk
The product may be mistaken for food (sweets) or mistakenly used as ice cubes. It has sharp edges and can be swallowed in whole. The product thereby poses a risk of ingestion, health hazard from choking and displacement of the digestive tract. Investigation regarding the safety of similar products is pending.
Measures
  • Sales ban and recall from consumers ordered by the authority
Notifying country
Germany
Country of origin
Italy
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0686/06
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0686/06
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2006-42 (XML)
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