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Balloon Helicopter – Hotoy

Serious risk Choking

Published by Safety Gate 23 Aug 2007In the weekly report of 24 Aug 2007 (week 33, 2007)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 4 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Balloon Helicopter
Brand
Hotoy
Brand as notified
HOTOY®
Type / model
No. 0626
Description
The toy consists of 7 parts (two balloons, three rotors, one mouth-piece for balloons and one propeller base). All parts are in transparent plastic packs glued on a varicoloured carton. On the front of the carton, there are: the trade name HOTOY®, PATENT No: ZLO2238850.8, notices “WOW” “FLYING”, warnings in English and Slovak languages.
Risk
This toy poses a risk of choking because the mouth-piece fits within the small parts cylinder. Children my put the mouth-piece into mouth and choke.This product does not comply with the Toys Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71-1.
Measures
  • Sales ban and withdrawal from the market ordered by the authorities
Notifying country
Slovakia
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0850/07
Photos shown from the Safety Gate server (European Commission); not copied here.

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0850/07
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2007-33 (XML)
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