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1438/09

Novelty lighters - High-grade lighter

Smoking sets

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Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Notifying country
Bulgaria
Counterfeit
No
Sold online
No
Open the alert on the European Commission website ↗

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

  1. 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, colour – red, with a lid that has images of women which change with a change in viewing angles. The lighters produce music and red blinking light.
Brand
Smoking sets
Model / type
Unknown

Original source

Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.

Alert number
1438/09 ↗
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.

© European Union, Safety Gate · https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/-16016

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