
Toy slime
Unknown · Two coloured slime
ToysChemical
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- Sweden
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- Yes
What is the danger
The migration of boron from the toy slime is too high (measured value up to 1078 mg/kg).
Requirements breached
Ingestion or contact with an excessive quantity of boron may harm the health of children by damaging the 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: Distributor
Product
- Description
- Two plastic bags of blue and purple slime in a see-through plastic container. The product was sold online (in particular via Aliexpress).
- Brand
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- INFO/0127/19 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2019-047
- Published
- 13 November 2019
- Corrigendum
- Notification A12/1696/19 published on weekly report 2019-46 on 15/11/2019 has been modified following national authority request to indicate that the product is counterfeit.
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