
Balloons
"Let's party!"
ToysChemical
- Country of origin
- Spain
- Notifying country
- Germany
- Counterfeit
- No
What is the danger
The rubber of the balloons releases an excessive amount of nitrosamines (measured total value: 0.096 mg/ kg), and nitrosatable substances (measured value: 0.834 mg/kg) which generate nitrosamines. 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
- Stop of sales Voluntary measuresTaken by: DistributorIn force from: 19 November 2025
- Recall of the product from end users Voluntary measuresTaken by: DistributorIn force from: 19 November 2025
Product
- Description
- Set of 40 balloons in different colours with a diameter of 27 cm.
- Packaging
- Plastic packaging.
- Brand
- Barcode
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- SR/04266/25 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2025-50
- Published
- 4 December 2025
- Modified
- 12 March 2026
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