The main objective of the surveillance was to determine whether the soother holders that are available on the market of Bosnia and Herzegovina are safe to use. Soother holders are safe if they meet the requirements specified by the Law on General Product Safety (Official Gazette of BiH, 102/09) and the standard BAS EN 12586+A1:2012.

In order to determine whether soother holders meet the prescribed safety requirements, 8 samples of soother holders were subjected to laboratory testing, administrative verification of consumer information on the packaging, purchase information and instructions for use, as well as visual inspection of certain safety features.  

The laboratory testing revealed that 6 out of 8 tested models of soother holders (75%) did not comply with the safety requirements specified by the standard BAS EN 12586+A1:2012. Administrative non-compliances were eliminated in 4 models of soother holders (total of 1449 products). Two models of soother holders (total of 26 products) were withdrawn from the market of Bosnia and Herzegovina, because they posed a serious risk to consumers.