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Expanding toy – lizard and snake – Growing Pet

Serious risk Choking

Published by Safety Gate 14 Aug 2008In the weekly report of 15 Aug 2008 (week 32, 2008)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 4 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Expanding toy – lizard and snake
Brand
Growing Pet (3 alerts)
Brand as notified
Growing pet
Type / model
- Snake egg, EAN 5900700025509; - Lizard egg, EAN 5900700025486.
Description
There are two types of eggs containing snake and lizard. Dimensions of eggs are: for snake approximately 59mm X 35,5mm, and for lizard approx. 60 mm X 46 mm. Inside eggs there are snake or lizard made of hard plastic coloured yellow, painted partly wit a green or red and black paint. With the toys there were tags with CE mark, pictogram concerning age 0-3 restriction and caution: “Do not swallow”. On the collective packaging there were above mentioned information and such inscriptions “ Product suitable for children over 3 years and unsuitable for children below 3 years”, “Use only under supervision of an adult”, “Store out of reach of children below 3 years”, “Risk of choking due to small parts”, “Installation and maintains according to drawings on the packaging – if necessary”, “The packaging is not a toy, safe the children, do not let them play with”, “Please keep the packaging for further reference”. There were also information about the importer, and inscription “Made in China”.
Risk
The product poses a risk of choking because after 72 hours in water the toys expands 96% - 164% in different dimensions.The product does not comply with the Toys Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71.
Measures
  • Voluntary withdrawal from the market issued 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 0865/08Photo 2 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0865/08Photo 3 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0865/08Photo 4 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0865/08Photo 5 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0865/08
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0865/08
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2008-32 (XML)
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