Balloons
Balloons
ToysChemical
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- Sweden
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- No
What is the danger
The rubber of the balloons releases an excessive amount of nitrosatable substances (measured total value: up to 1.88 mg/kg). Nitrosatable substances can be transformed into nitrosamines which may cause cancer through ingestion or dermal exposure. A child could be exposed to them when touching or putting the product in the mouth.
Requirements breached
The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive nor with the European standard EN 71-12.
Measures taken
- Withdrawal of the product from the market Voluntary measuresTaken by: DistributorIn force from: 17 March 2023
Product
- Description
- White balloons with red handprint
- Packaging
- Plastic bag
- Model / type
- Barcode
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/03090/23 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2023-51
- Published
- 19 December 2023
- Modified
- 19 December 2023
- Corrigendum
- At the request of the notifying authority, notification A12/03047/23 has been updated with product' identification details and a measure was added.
© European Union, Safety Gate · https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10011393
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