Expandable toy “Hydrogel Water Beads”
Serious risk Choking
- Product
- Expandable toy
- Name
- Hydrogel Water Beads
- Description
- Water beads, which grow when immersed in water, sold with a flower nutrient solution. Product sold online, in particular via OnBuy.
- Risk
- The product expands when in contact with water. If a child puts the product in the mouth or swallows it, contact with saliva or stomach liquids will cause the product to expand, which can result in occlusion of the respiratory tract or intestinal blockage. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive.
- Measures
- Withdrawal of the product from the market · from 15 May 2025
- Notifying country
- United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland
- Country of origin
- Unknown
- Alert type
- Consumer
- Photos
- Photos shown from the Safety Gate server (European Commission); not copied here.
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