Air Drying Modelling Clay
Unknown
ToysChemical
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- UK
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- Yes
What is the danger
The migration of boron from the yellow clay is too high (measured value: 1777 mg/kg).
Requirements breached
Ingestion or contact with an excessive quantity of boron may harm the health of children by damaging their reproductive system. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71-3.
Measures taken
- Withdrawal of the product from the market Voluntary measuresTaken by: ImporterIn force from: 21 August 2019
Product
- Description
- Air drying modelling clays of different colours. Marketed for parents to make keepsakes of the imprints on their baby's hands and feet. The product could also be used by children in play. The product was also sold online (i.e. via eBAY).
- Brand
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- INFO/0108/19 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2019-040
- Published
- 24 September 2019
- Corrigendum
- Notification A12/1154/19 has been temporarily withdrawn from report 2019-31 of 02-08-2019 at the request of the notifying authority while waiting for the results of new tests on the product.
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