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Children's fancy dress costume Jie Pai “Firefighter” — risk: burns
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A11/00060/21
Summary
The fancy dress costume is easily flammable and the flame propagation is too high. If it catches fire, the child could suffer burns. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71-2.
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Product
- Firefighter costume set consisting of a synthetic hat, jacket and plastic toy accessories (fire extinguisher, fire hose, CB radio, ax, crowbar and badge).
What is the risk?
- The fancy dress costume is easily flammable and the flame propagation is too high. If it catches fire, the child could suffer burns. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71-2.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: DistributorCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market
- Date of entry into force: 01/05/2021
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Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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