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Activity Busy Board safety warning over a choking risk
Product Safety Report for activity busy board presenting a serious risk of choking and asphyxiation due to access to small parts and insufficiently thick packaging.
Remove it from the toy box or cot straight away.
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Check your product
Only products that match these details are covered. Have your pack in front of you.
1 identifier listed for this notice.
Activity Busy Board
- BarcodeThe long number printed under the barcode.
- X001BWIJGB
What to do now
Activity Busy Board has been flagged because small parts can break off.
- Remove it from the toy box or cot straight away.
- Check the floor and play areas for any parts that have already come off.
- The marketplace has removed the listing. Contact the seller through your order history to ask for a refund.
- Report it to Trading Standards through the Citizens Advice consumer service if the seller does not respond.
Why it matters. Children under three put things in their mouths. Anything small enough to fit through a toilet-roll tube is a choking hazard for them.
If someone has been hurt
Look out for
- coughing, gagging or noisy breathing after playing with it
Get help urgently
- a child who cannot breathe, cough or cry — call 999 and follow the call handler’s instructions
This is general information based on NHS public guidance, not medical advice. In an emergency call 999. For urgent advice use NHS 111 (NHS 24 on 111 in Scotland) or, in Northern Ireland, your GP or out-of-hours service.
Getting your money back
Sellers on online marketplaces do not always run recalls themselves, so you may need to ask for your money back. The platform’s help pages explain its buyer protection scheme.
Citizens Advice (0808 223 1133), Advice Direct Scotland (0808 164 6000) and Consumerline (0300 123 6262) give free advice if you get stuck.
From the official notice
Published by the Office for Product Safety and Standards (2111-0528). Quoted as issued.
Summary
Product Safety Report for activity busy board presenting a serious risk of choking and asphyxiation due to access to small parts and insufficiently thick packaging.
The risk
The product presents a serious risk of choking as when tested according to the impact test, one of the buttons attached to the shirt broke, and detached at a force of 46 N, less than the specified minimum of 90N. The buttons fit entirely within the small parts cylinder, posing a choking hazard to young children.
The product’s flexible plastic bag used for packaging also has an area greater than 100mm x 100mm and the bag thickness measured as 0.023mm which is less than the minimum permissible limit of 0.038mm, posing a potential asphyxiation hazard to young children.
The product does not meet the requirements of the Toys (Safety) Regulations 2011.
Action taken
Destruction of the product.
Advice to consumers
Destruction of the product.
Additional information
PSD case number: 2111-0528
Notified by: Local Authority Trading Standards
Product description
Children’s activity fold out board
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Questions
Why has Activity Busy Board been reported?
Activity Busy Board has been flagged because small parts can break off. Children under three put things in their mouths. Anything small enough to fit through a toilet-roll tube is a choking hazard for them.
How do I know if my product is affected?
Compare the barcode on your product with the details listed under “Check your product” on this page. Only items that match are covered by the notice.
What should I do now?
Remove it from the toy box or cot straight away. Check the floor and play areas for any parts that have already come off.
Can I get a refund or a repair?
Sellers on online marketplaces do not always run recalls themselves, so you may need to ask for your money back. The platform’s help pages explain its buyer protection scheme. Citizens Advice (0808 223 1133), Advice Direct Scotland (0808 164 6000) and Consumerline (0300 123 6262) give free advice if you get stuck.
