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Expanding toy - Grow toys fruit & vegetable – Vision

Serious risk Choking, Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 11 Jun 2009In the weekly report of 12 Jun 2009 (week 22, 2009)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked just nowSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Expanding toy - Grow toys fruit & vegetable
Brand
Vision (8 alerts)
Brand as notified
VISION®
Type / model
Unknown
Description
1.Expanding toy maize, weight: 5.8 g, dimensions of toy approximately: 73 x 24 x 5 mm, 2. Two red peppers, weight: 5.0 g, dimensions of toy approximately: 63 x 21 x 6 mm, 3. Lettuce, weight: 8.2 g, dimensions of toy approximately: 57 x 39 x 6 mm, 4. Two eggplants, weight: 7.2 g, dimensions of toy approximately: 62 x 26 x 6 mm. Expanding toys made from hard, spongy and expanding polymeric material. The toy is accompanied by a label with the inscriptions: “GROWTOYS FRUIT & VEGETABLE, Do not swallow, EXPANDS TO OVER 600% OF ORIGINAL SIZE", and on the other side of the label: “Create your world, non-toxic, Not recommended for children under 3 years old. WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD- Small parts. Not for children under 3 Years, Made in China".
Risk
The products pose a risk of choking and injuries because parts of the toy, which fit entirely into the small parts cylinder, can grow in size by more than 50% after being placed 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 0735/09Photo 2 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0735/09Photo 3 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0735/09Photo 4 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0735/09Photo 5 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0735/09Photo 6 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0735/09
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0735/09
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2009-22 (XML)
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