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Children's fancy dress “Police Play Set” — risk: burns
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/01648/23
Summary
The fancy dress is easily flammable and the flame propagation is too high. If it catches fire, a child/user could suffer burns. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive nor with the European standard EN 71-2.
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Product
Children's fancy dress
- Name / model
- Police Play Set
- Category
- Toys
- Black plastic foil police vest and accessories: plastic badge, handcuffs, toy gun.
What is the risk?
- The fancy dress is easily flammable and the flame propagation is too high. If it catches fire, a child/user could suffer burns. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive nor with the 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: 06/03/2023
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: DistributorCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: 06/03/2023
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Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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