Balloon
Amscan · Balloons - Premiumline - Yellow
ToysChemical
- Country of origin
- Malaysia
- Notifying country
- Iceland
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- Yes
What is the danger
The amount of nitrosamines released by the balloons is too high (measured value up to 0.118 mg/kg). Nitrosamines are genotoxic carcinogens via inhalation, ingestion or dermal exposure. A child can get exposed to them by putting the balloon 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 Compulsory measuresTaken by: RetailerIn force from: 8 December 2020
Product
- Description
- Yellow balloons, 27,5 cm.
- Packaging
- Red and golden plastic bag. The product was sold online.
- Brand
- Model / type
- Barcode
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/01857/20 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2020-52
- Published
- 21 December 2020
- Modified
- 21 December 2020
© European Union, Safety Gate · https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10002763
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