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Soft toy - Stuffed soft toy-Worm Dony recalled in Lithuania due to risk of choking, suffocation and injuries

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Product name: Soft toy - Stuffed soft toy-Worm Dony
Units sold:
Reference: EU-320157/10
Country of manufacture: China

URL: http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/dyna/rapex/create_rapex_search.cfm?zoek=toy&vanaf=1&jaartal=ALL
Details:
Date: 2/5/2010 ( 2010 - 5 )

Reference Number: 32
0157/10

Country: Lithuania

Category: Toys
Product: Soft toy - Stuffed soft toy-Worm
Brand: Dony
Type/number of model: Unknown
Description: Stuffed soft toy in the form of a centipede with ten feet made from pink, green and yellow elastic nylon fabric. Eyes are made of white hard plastic with black pupils. Nose and antennae have beads on the top and are made of flexible cardboard, covered with nylon. Toy content: body - fine-cut polystyrene foam pellets, feet and legs - synthetic fibres. Toy dimensions 575 x 260 x 230 mm, toy weight - 224.0 g. The toy is sold without packaging.
Country of origin: China



Risk: Choking, suffocation and injuries The product poses a risk of choking, suffocation and injuries because the hard plastic piece (one eye) can be easily detached and a shell hole opened. Moreover the styrofoarm filling, which fits entirely into the small parts cylinder, can be made accessible. The product does not comply with the Toys Directive and with the relevant European standard EN 71.

Resolution: Sales ban and withdrawal from the market ordered by the authorities.