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Soft toy – Iove Mate

Serious risk Chemical, Choking counterfeit product

Published by Safety Gate 12 Apr 2017In the weekly report of 21 Apr 2017 (week 16, 2017)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 4 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate

The official record marks this product as counterfeit: it carries the Iove Mate name but is not a genuine product of that brand.

Product
Soft toy
Brand
Iove Mate
Brand as notified
iove mate
Type / model
ZL2010202824484
Description
Soft toy in the shape of a pink kitten dressed in a pink dress, with a zip-fastener at the back and a sound-emitting device.
Risk
null The nose and the eye of the toy can be easily detached. The electric device and fibrous stuffing material are easily accessible. A child could put the stuffing material in the mouth and choke on it or remove the button batteries from the device and swallow them, causing damage to the child’s gastrointestinal tract.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71-1.
Measures
  • Withdrawal of the product from the market · from 29 Mar 2017
Notifying country
Iceland
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/0504/17Photo 2 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/0504/17Photo 3 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/0504/17Photo 4 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/0504/17
Photos shown from the Safety Gate server (European Commission); not copied here.

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/0504/17
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2017-016 (XML)
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