Like it happens in USA it happens worldwide! Now with the new entering of Pods for P&G european laundry products (Ariel) I think will happen even more!
In Italy it happened too with caps for dishwasher.. here is an article from last year... and another from February 2013:
Translation:
<span id="result_box" class="long_text" lang="en"><span class="hps">VARAZZE</span> <span class="hps">-</span> <span class="hps">Are not</span> <span class="hps">life threatening</span> <span class="hps">the conditions of the child</span> <span class="hps">of ten</span> <span class="hps">and a half months</span> <span class="hps">that</span> <span class="hps">accidentally swallowed</span> <span class="hps">a cap</span> <span class="hps">for</span> <span class="hps">dishwasher</span> <span class="hps">in front of the eyes</span> <span class="hps">of his parents</span> <span class="hps">in Varazze</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">The drama</span> <span class="hps">was taking place</span> <span class="hps">in an apartment</span> <span class="hps">in Piani di</span> <span class="hps">San</span> <span class="hps">Giacomo</span><span>, on the heights</span> <span class="hps">of the</span> <span class="hps">town on the border</span> <span class="hps">with</span> <span class="hps">Cogoleto</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">The baby</span> <span class="hps">has taken possession</span> <span class="hps">of a single dose</span> <span class="hps">of dishwasher detergent</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">and brought it</span><span class="hps"> to the</span> <span class="hps">mouth and</span> <span class="hps">with his</span><span class="hps"> first</span> little teeth <span class="hps">managed to</span> <span class="hps">pierce the</span> <span class="hps">thin film</span> <span class="hps">containing the liquid</span> in an<span class="hps"> attractive</span> <span class="hps">blue</span> <span class="hps">color</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">The mother</span> <span class="hps">managed to snatch</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">unit dose</span> <span class="hps">to the child</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">father, a doctor</span> <span class="hps">at the San</span> <span class="hps">Martino Hospital in Genoa</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">has managed to bring him vomit</span><span class="hps"> expelling the</span> <span class="hps">milk</span> <span class="hps">that the son</span> <span class="hps"> just had </span> before<span>, along </span><span>with that</span> <span class="hps">modest amount</span> <span class="hps">of liquid that was evident in the regurgitation.</span> <span class="hps">In fact, after</span> <span class="hps">a few minutes</span> <span class="hps">of crying</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">caused</span> <span class="hps">primarily</span> <span class="hps">by fear</span><span>, the child</span> <span class="hps">has</span> <span class="hps">calmed down</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">Transported to the hospital</span> <span class="hps">San Carlo di</span> <span class="hps">Genova Voltri</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">after a series of</span> <span class="hps">careful</span> <span class="hps">examination</span><span>, doctors</span> <span class="hps">found no</span> <span class="hps">other problems.</span></span>
The other one:
Un attimo di distrazione della giovane mamma è stato quasi fatale per un bambino di due anni che ha rischiato la vita
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<span id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">Two year old</span> <span class="hps">gobbles</span> <span class="hps">detergent</span><span>: Safe</span>
<span class="hps">It happened</span> <span class="hps">yesterday</span><span class="hps"> following</span> <span class="hps">a very brief</span> <span class="hps">moment of distraction</span> <span class="hps">of the mother,</span> <span class="hps">a</span> <span class="hps">two year old son</span> <span class="hps">ate</span> <span class="hps">a cap</span> <span class="hps">for dishwashers.</span>
<span class="hps">The baby has</span> <span class="hps">tried to</span> <span class="hps">chew</span> <span class="hps">the tablet</span> <span class="hps">without</span> <span class="hps">fortunately</span> being <span class="hps">able to</span> <span class="hps">swallow</span> <span class="hps">at all.</span> <span class="hps">The mother</span> <span class="hps">noticing</span> <span class="hps">the incident</span> <span class="hps">has been</span> <span class="hps">trying to</span> have it <span class="hps">spit out and </span><span class="hps"> promptly</span> <span class="hps">called an Ambulance</span><span>.</span>
<span class="hps">On the spot</span> <span class="hps">intervened</span> <span class="hps">the Red Cross</span> <span class="hps">of San</span> <span class="hps">Donato</span> <span class="hps">who</span> <span class="hps">has rescued</span> <span class="hps">and immediately</span> <span class="hps">transported to</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">local hospital</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">Currently he is</span> <span class="hps">out of danger</span>
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