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Expandable toy “Dinosaur Egg”

Serious risk Choking, Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 30 Apr 2020In the weekly report of 1 May 2020 (week 18, 2020)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 1 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Expandable toy
Name
Dinosaur Egg
Description
Plastic egg containing a small plastic dinosaur. The egg is placed in water and after some time the dinosaur breaks out of the egg, having increased in size.
Risk
Small parts (e.g. the head) can be easily torn from the toy dinosaur and may be put into the mouth and swallowed by children. As the toy expands, it can cause fatal occlusion of the respiratory track or intestinal blockage of children. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71-1.
Measures
  • Removal of this product listing by the online marketplace · from 2 Apr 2020
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 A12/00665/20
Photos shown from the Safety Gate server (European Commission); not copied here.

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/00665/20
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2020-18 (XML)
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