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Maracas – Hema “Sambabal”

Serious risk Choking

Published by Safety Gate 25 Jul 2014In the weekly report of 1 Aug 2014 (week 30, 2014)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 8 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Maracas
Brand
Hema (22 alerts)
Name
Sambabal
Type / model
14280062
Batch
Unknown
Description
Orange coloured maracas in a transparent packaging.
Risk
null The product may easily break and produce small parts. If ingested by small children, the small pieces can get stuck and obstruct the airways. The handle of the maracas is too long: children may put it in the mouth where it may get stuck and obstruct the airways. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71-1.
Measures
  • Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures · from 24 Jun 2014
Notifying country
The Netherlands
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/1169/14
Photos shown from the Safety Gate server (European Commission); not copied here.

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/1169/14
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2014-030 (XML)
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