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Toy whistle

Serious risk Choking, Damage to hearing

Published by Safety Gate 8 Jun 2022In the weekly report of 10 Jun 2022 (week 23, 2022)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 2 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Toy whistle
Description
Whistle (red-blue, white-blue or yellow-white) with weather vane and cockerel or squirrel.
Risk
The sound pressure level is too high (measured value up to 123.5 dB). This could lead to permanent or partial hearing loss when the product is used. Moreover, the weather vane can be easily detached. A child may put it in the mouth and choke on it. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive nor with the European standard EN 71-1.
Measures
  • Destruction of the product · by the distributor · from 20 May 2022
  • Withdrawal of the product from the market · from 20 May 2022
Notifying country
Austria
Country of origin
Germany
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/00849/22
Photos shown from the Safety Gate server (European Commission); not copied here.

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/00849/22
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2022-23 (XML)
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