Balloons
Let's party!
ToysChemical
- Country of origin
- Spain
- Notifying country
- Croatia
What is the danger
The rubber of the balloons releases an excessive amount of nitrosamines and nitrosatable substances (measured total value: 0.072 mg/ kg). Nitrosamines 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
- Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures Compulsory measuresTaken by: Distributor
Product
- Description
- Set of 20 metallic blue latex inflatable balloons.
- Packaging
- Plastic packaging with a cardboard label.
- Model / type
- Barcode
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- SR/02535/25 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2025-28
- Published
- 9 July 2025
- Modified
- 22 July 2025
- Corrigendum
- SR/02487/25: at the request of the notifying authority the notification has been updated with additional information on the product identification. SR/02482/25 at the request of the notifying authority the notification has been updated with additional measures.
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