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Expanding toy - Growing Spider – Blue 2

Serious risk Choking, Health risk / other

Published by Safety Gate 7 Oct 2010In the weekly report of 8 Oct 2010 (week 40, 2010)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 8 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Expanding toy - Growing Spider
Brand
Blue 2
Type / model
7B3009
Description
Plastic spider in two colours that expands. Packaged in a plastic bag with a header card ‘GROWING SPIDER’ on the reverse are the age and choking hazard warnings.
Risk
The product poses a risk of choking because the legs can be easily pulled off from the body of the spider and could be put in the mouth. The legs could cause adverse health affects if they were swallowed because they could expand in the stomach.The product does not comply with the Toys Directive and with the relevant European standard EN 71.
Measures
  • Voluntary withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers
Notifying country
United Kingdom
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 1476/10Photo 2 of the product in Safety Gate alert 1476/10
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 1476/10
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2010-40 (XML)
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