Novelty lighter - High-grade Lighter
Smoking Sets
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- Bulgaria
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- No
What is the danger
This product poses a risk of burns and fire because it is attractive to children, especially under 51 months of age. The product does not comply with the Commission Decision 2006/502/EC prohibiting the placing on the market of novelty lighters.
Measures taken
- Withdrawal from the market, recall from consumers and destruction of products ordered by the authorities. Compulsory measuresTaken by: Other
Product
- Description
- Lighters with unusual appearance – novelty gas lighters, offered for sale without a label in Bulgarian language, in cardboard boxes, with inscriptions „Smoking sets” and „High-grade lighter”, user instructions and consumer warnings in English - refillable metal lighter, rubber encased, with a lid. When pressed it starts to emit red, blue and yellow light.
- Brand
- Model / type
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- 1437/09 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2009-43
- Published
- 5 November 2009
- Corrigendum
- Corrigendum Notification 1380/09 from week 42 of 2009 has been removed pending clarification of the risk assessment.
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