
Plastic toy
Bazar Royal
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- France
- Counterfeit
- No
What is the danger
The plastic material of the product contains di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) (measured value: 8.5% by weight) and diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP) (8.6% by weight). Moreover, the small fishes have protuding parts.
Requirements breached
These phthalates may harm the health of children causing possible damage to the reproductive system. A child might put the protruding part of the small fish in the mouth and choke. The product does not comply with the REACH Regulation, the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71-1.
Measures taken
- Recall of the product from end users Voluntary measuresTaken by: Importer
Product
- Description
- Set of plastic toy fishes in different colours, consisting of one big fish and three smaller fishes. Sold in a net.
- Brand
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/1567/18 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2018-043
- Published
- 18 October 2018
- Corrigendum
- Notification A12/0324/14 has been withdrawn from report 008-2014 of 28/02/2014 following a court ruling regarding the validity of the measures taken. Notification A12/0904/18 has been permanently withdrawn from report 027/2018 of 06/07/2018, following a new assessment of the risk.
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