Flashing Santa hat
BGC Ltd
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- UK
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- No
What is the danger
The product poses a risk of burns and fire because of bare wires which can come into contact with each other causing a ‘short-circuit’ to occur. This could result in the wires rapidly heating up and igniting, with a risk of the textile materials burning.
Measures taken
- Voluntary withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers by the importer. Voluntary measuresTaken by: Other
Product
- Description
- Plush red & white Santa hat with 5 flashing stars, a battery box (but no battery included), operated by means of 2 x R6 / AA sized batteries. Product sold separately or in a plastic bag in quantities of 12. No warnings or instructions are supplied with the product.
- Brand
- Model / type
- Barcode
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- 0281/09 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2009-7
- Published
- 26 February 2009
- Corrigendum
- Corrigenda: Notification 0104/09 of week 3 of 2009 has been removed; according to the national authorities the product does not pose a serious risk to the health and safety of the consumers. Notification 0153/09 from week 4 in 2009 has been updated.
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