XL Water Gel Beads expandable toy: choking and blockage risk, listing removed
The set of 1800 water beads grows more than 50% in size in water, so if a child puts them in their mouth or swallows them they can swell and block the airway or the intestines.
What to do
Measure taken: Removal of this product listing by the online marketplace (economic operator: Other), in force from 23/09/2025.
Note from Recalled Today: If you own this product, stop using it and contact the seller.
Image: Safety Gate (European Commission)
Notice details
- Product
- Expandable toy
- Hazard
- The product expands more than 50% in size when in contact with water. If a child puts the product in their 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.
- Class or risk level
- Serious risk
- Notifying country
- United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland
- Countries that reacted
- None listed
- Identifiers
- Alert number: SR/04145/25
- Model or type: E10262
- Measure in force since
- 23/09/2025
- Published on Safety Gate
- November 20, 2025
- Listed on Recalled Today
- November 20, 2025
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Official notice
The notice's own wording from Safety Gate.
Expandable toy (XL Water Gel Beads)
- Product
- Product: Expandable toy Name: XL Water Gel Beads Description: Set of 1800 water beads which grow when immersed in water. Product sold online, in particular via www.desertcart.be.
- Risk
- Risk type: Choking, Injuries The product expands more than 50% in size when in contact with water. If a child puts the product in their 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 taken
- Removal of this product listing by the online marketplace (economic operator: Other), in force from 23/09/2025
- 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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