
Wax crayons.
SaKOTA. · Wax crayons (voskové pastelky).
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- Slovakia
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- No
What is the danger
These crayons poses a risk to children because: 1) crayons from the box with a picture of a butterfly and of a yellow colour contain 1534mg/kg Pb and 181,7 mg/kg Cr; 2) crayons from the box with a picture of a hippopotamus and of yellow colour contain 1028,1 mg/kg Pb and 165,2 mg/kg Cr and of green colour contain 318,3 mg/kg Pb; 3) crayons from the box with a picture of a hippopotamus and of yellow colour contain 882,4 mg/kg Pb and 134,3 mg/kg Cr and of dark yellow colour contain 297,5 mg/kg Pb and of turquoise colour contain 530,4 mg/kg Pb and 68,5 mg/kg Cr. The contents of lead and chrome exceed the limit of 90mg/kg for lead and 60mg/kg for chrome laid down by the standard. This product does not comply with the Toys Directive and the European standard for toys EN 71-1.
Measures taken
- Voluntary actions taken by the distributor: stop of selling, withdrawal from the market, recall from consumers and information to consumers. Voluntary measuresTaken by: Other
Product
- Description
- The varicoloured wax crayons are packed in a cardboard box. Sizes: (1) and (2) 6,7x11,5x0,9 cm, (3) 10x11,5x2 cm.
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- Model / type
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- 0689/07 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2007-28
- Published
- 19 July 2007
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