Y.Y. soft toy: backpack straps and loose stuffing pose strangling and choking risks
The capybara soft toy's backpack straps are too long and have no break-off point, so they may wrap around a child's neck, and a small child could put the easily reached stuffing in the mouth and choke.
What to do
Measure taken: Stop of sales (economic operator: Retailer), in force from 02/11/2025.
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
- Soft toy
- Company
- Y.Y.
- Hazard
- The straps of the backpack are too long and have no break-off point. They may wrap around the neck of a child and lead to strangulation. Moreover the fibrous stuffing material of the toy is easily accessible. A small child could put the filling material 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
- Germany
- Countries that reacted
- None listed
- Identifiers
- Alert number: SR/00281/26
- Model or type: ABC-671
- Barcode: 6920230806712
- Measure in force since
- 02/11/2025
- Published on Safety Gate
- January 29, 2026
- Listed on Recalled Today
- January 29, 2026
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Official notice
The notice's own wording from Safety Gate.
Y.Y. Soft toy
- Product
- Product: Soft toy Brand: Y.Y. Description: Soft toy, in the shape of a capybara with a green backpack. Size: 41 x 29 x 27 cm.
- Risk
- Risk type: Choking, Strangulation The straps of the backpack are too long and have no break-off point. They may wrap around the neck of a child and lead to strangulation. Moreover the fibrous stuffing material of the toy is easily accessible. A small child could put the filling material 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
- Stop of sales (economic operator: Retailer), in force from 02/11/2025
- 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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