A12/0566/1721 April 2017

Children's sweatshirt

Kärkkäinen

Clothing, textiles and fashion itemsStrangulation

Country of origin: Portugal
Notifying country: Finland
Counterfeit: No

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Requirements breached

The product has drawstrings with free ends in the hood. The drawstrings could become trapped during various activities of a child posing a risk of strangulation. The product does not comply with the relevant European standard EN 14682.

Measures taken

Recall of the product from end users Voluntary measuresTaken by: RetailerIn force from: 26 January 2017

Product

Description: Black/white sweatshirt with hood for children. On the front, the text "New York, NY" is visible. Sizes 2-14. Sold with black/white trousers.
Brand: Kärkkäinen
Model / type: Kideraw16 01 2-14 T. collegesetti; X2042
Batch: 2050003904513; 2050003903592

Original source

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

Alert number: A12/0566/17 ↗
Weekly report: Report-2017-017
Published: 21 April 2017
Corrigendum: Corrigenda: The product descriptions of notifications A12/1743/16 and A12/1748/16 published in report n° 51-2016 of 23/12/2016 have been modified at the request of the notifying national authority. Notification A12/0192/17 has been withdrawn from report n° 8-2017 of 24/02/2017 following request of the notifying country.