Balloons
Balloons punch
ToysChemical
- Country of origin
- The Netherlands
- Notifying country
- Germany
- Counterfeit
- No
What is the danger
The rubber of the balloons releases an excessive amount of n-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA)(measured value: 0.36 mg/kg). NDMA is a nitrosamine, which may cause cancer through ingestion or dermal exposure. A child could be exposed to it when touching or putting the product in the mouth.
Requirements breached
The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71-12.
Measures taken
- Recall of the product from end users Voluntary measuresTaken by: RetailerIn force from: 22 June 2020
Product
- Description
- Set consisting of 18 balloons in assorted colours. Each of the balloons has a small brown string through one of the sides.
- Packaging
- The set is packaged in a blue plastic bag with a small transparent window.
- Model / type
- Barcode
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/00973/20 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2020-28
- Published
- 1 July 2020
- Modified
- 1 July 2020
© European Union, Safety Gate · https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10001548
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