A12/1065/1519 August 2015

Fancy-dress costume

Famowesta · Mitternachts-Hexe ("Midnight witch")

ToysChemical

Country of origin: India
Notifying country: Germany
Counterfeit: No

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Requirements breached

The nose in the fancy-dress costume set contains di-isononylphthalate (DINP) (measured value 23 % by weight) and di-2-ethylhexyl (DEHP) (measured value 1.4% by weight). DEHP may harm the health of children, causing possible damage to the reproductive system. According to the REACH Regulation the phthalates DEHP, DBP and BBP are prohibited in all toys and childcare articles while phthalates DINP, DIDP and DNOP are prohibited in toys or childcare articles that can be placed in the mouth by children.

Measures taken

Destruction of the product Voluntary measuresTaken by: OtherIn force from: 13 April 2015
Withdrawal of the product from the market Voluntary measuresTaken by: OtherIn force from: 13 April 2015

Product

Description: Fancy-dress costume set for children, including a foldable black hat, a black and orange robe, two black belts, a set of vampire teeth, packed separately, 10 stick-on artificial black fingernails/claws, a long plastic nose with a wart attached to an elastic band and a short, thick plastic nose. Samp
Brand: Famowesta
Model / type: Art. Nr. 15770
Batch: 4009384157702

Original source

Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.

Alert number: A12/1065/15 ↗
Weekly report: Report-2015-034
Published: 19 August 2015
Corrigendum: The risk description of notification A12/0794/15 published on report 2015-025 of 26/06/2015 has been modified following instructions from notifying country.