Plastic toy sword
Boland · Knight's sword (épée chevalier)
ToysChemical
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- France
Requirements breached
The gold paint of the sword handle releases an excessive amount of copper (measured value: 65 545mg/kg).The cooper is toxic for children's health if it migrates in a child's saliva and is ingested. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71-3.
Measures taken
- Destruction of the product Voluntary measuresTaken by: OtherIn force from: 18 September 2014
- Withdrawal of the product from the market Voluntary measuresTaken by: OtherIn force from: 18 September 2014
- Recall of the product from end users Voluntary measuresTaken by: OtherIn force from: 18 September 2014
Product
- Description
- Plastic toy sword with a gold-coloured handle and a precious blue stone and silver blade, sold without packaging.
- Brand
- Model / type
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/1682/14 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2014-042
- Published
- 17 October 2014
- Corrigendum
- Notification A12/1331/14 from week 34 of 2014 has been permanently removed following a re-assessment of the risk by the notifying authorities.
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