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Plastic toy steering wheel – TOYS Happy Star

Serious risk Choking, Suffocation

Published by Safety Gate 10 Jul 2008In the weekly report of 11 Jul 2008 (week 27, 2008)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked just nowSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Plastic toy steering wheel
Brand
TOYS Happy Star
Type / model
EAN 5900368732207; MPC 73220, NO 3260.
Description
A toy steering wheel made of colourful plastic with 8 buttons which when pressed emit a sound. The toy is powered by two AA 1.5 V batteries. The packaging is a transparent, plastic bag. There are two stickers on the packaging with the following inscriptions: “Made in China”, a pictogram concerning the age restriction (0-3), “CE mark”, the name and address of the importer and the barcode. There are also warnings: “Not suitable for children under 3 years old due to the risk of choking small parts”. “Please keep the packaging for future reference”, “Do not mix used and new batteries”.
Risk
The product poses a risk of :1. choking because :- small parts can easily be detached,- batteries are easily accessible 2. suffocation due to inappropriate parameters of the plastic used for packaging.The product does not comply with the Toys Directive and the relevant European standards EN 71 and EN 50088
Measures
  • Voluntary withdrawal from the market by the importer
Notifying country
Poland
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0739/08
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0739/08
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2008-27 (XML)
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