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Decorative figure - Snowman

Serious risk Choking

Published by Safety Gate 20 Dec 2007In the weekly report of 21 Dec 2007 (week 50, 2007)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 6 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Decorative figure - Snowman
Brand
Unknown (Blokker B. V.)
Type / model
Snowman with red hat; no type specification; EAN 8716201473384.
Description
The sample is a cloth doll in the form of a snowman. It consists of a white body in two parts with hanging legs made of threaded wooden beads, and black cloth boots with white laces and red edging. It has a red hat, green scarf and blue jacket. The head consists of a solid sphere. All other body parts are stuffed with soft material. A plastic attachment on the hat makes it easy to hang the toy up. The sample is 36 cm long and weighs 91 g.
Risk
This product poses a risk of choking because even though the product is a decoration, its foreseeable use in a manner not intended means that it needs to be as safe as a stuffed animal intended for children under 3 years because children will think it is a toy. The right leg and the nose broke at an applied force of 33 N and 11 N respectively, and should have been able to withstand 88 N. They are small parts which may be swallowed.
Measures
  • Voluntary withdrawal from the market by the distributor. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Notifying country
Germany
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 1326/07
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 1326/07
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2007-50 (XML)
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