Plastic giraffe toy sold on Shein: small parts can detach and cause choking
The purple plastic giraffe toy has leg suction cups that can easily come off, and a small child may put them in the mouth and choke.
What to do
Measure taken: Removal of this product listing by the online marketplace (economic operator: Other), in force from 12/06/2025.
Note from Recalled Today: If you own this product, stop using it and contact the seller.
Image: Safety Gate (European Commission)
Image: Safety Gate (European Commission)
Notice details
- Product
- Plastic toy
- Company
- Shein
- Hazard
- The toy has small parts (legs suction cups) that can easily detach. A small child may put them in the mouth and choke. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive nor with the European standard EN 71-1.
- Class or risk level
- Serious risk
- Notifying country
- Latvia
- Countries that reacted
- Germany, Ireland
- Identifiers
- Alert number: SR/04095/25
- Barcode: PB2503110144283
- Measure in force since
- 12/06/2025
- Published on Safety Gate
- November 18, 2025
- Listed on Recalled Today
- November 18, 2025
The headline, summary and steps above are written in plain English from the official notice below. Identifiers are copied exactly as the agency published them. Always check the official notice before you act.
Official notice
The notice's own wording from Safety Gate.
Plastic toy (Plastic giraffe)
- Product
- Product: Plastic toy Name: Plastic giraffe Description: Plastic toy in the shape of a giraffe in purple. The giraffe's legs can be extended, and there are suction cups at the ends of the legs that can be attached to a window, furniture, etc. Product sold online, in particular via Shein (unique identifier: sl2501076151622677)
- Risk
- Risk type: Choking The toy has small parts (legs suction cups) that can easily detach. A small child may put them in the mouth and choke. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive nor with the European standard EN 71-1.
- Measures taken
- Removal of this product listing by the online marketplace (economic operator: Other), in force from 12/06/2025
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
Source: European Commission, Safety Gate (CC BY 4.0); summary edited by Recalled Today CC BY 4.0 · Safety Gate
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