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Shooting set – Special Toys Collections

Serious risk Choking, Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 9 Oct 2008In the weekly report of 10 Oct 2008 (week 40, 2008)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 7 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Shooting set
Brand
Special Toys Collections
Brand as notified
Special toys collections
Type / model
NO. 681
Description
The toy comprises 1 bow, 3 arrows with suction cups and a dartboard made from PVC.
Risk
The product poses a risk of: - choking because during the tensile test the suction cups were detached by tensile forces of 42, 50 and 41N respectively. There is a risk that the detached suctions cup could block the airways causing asphyxiation if put into mouth. - injuries because the kinetic energy of arrows shot from the bow was 0.1305J. In such cases where kinetic energy exceeds 0.08 J, the consumer should be warned about the danger posed: there is no such warning on this product. The product does not comply with the Toys Directive and the European standard EN 71.
Measures
  • Sales ban and withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers 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 1113/08Photo 2 of the product in Safety Gate alert 1113/08
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 1113/08
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2008-40 (XML)
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