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Soft toy - Tiere mit Herz, für kleine Hände das Größte ("Animals with heart: the greatest for little hands") – Bauer

Serious risk Choking

Published by Safety Gate 7 Jan 2010In the weekly report of 8 Jan 2010 (week 1, 2010)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 8 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Soft toy - Tiere mit Herz, für kleine Hände das Größte ("Animals with heart: the greatest for little hands")
Brand
Bauer (3 alerts)
Type / model
EAN code: 400 3402 150003
Description
Soft toy in the form of a (pink) pig with black button eyes and a wooden disc sewn on at the neck. Stuffed with plastic fibre wadding; velcro fastening on the underside, behind which is a white, cuboid, bolted plastic box containing inter alia a pressure switch and a bolted battery compartment for 3 button cells. Pig: length ca. 14 cm; wooden disc: diameter 30 mm, height 45 mm. When the stomach is pressed, the words Ich bin ein Schwein ("I am a pig") and a grunting noise are heard.
Risk
The product poses a risk of choking because the sewn-on wooden discs, which fit into the small part cylinder, can be easily detached (at a force of only 44 N).The product does not comply with the Toys Directive and with the relevant European standard EN 71.
Measures
  • Voluntary corrective actions taken by the manufacturer
Notifying country
Austria
Country of origin
Germany
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 1696/09Photo 2 of the product in Safety Gate alert 1696/09
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 1696/09
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2010-1 (XML)
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