EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Clothing, textiles and fashion items
Children's jacket Qifeng “Unknown” — risk: injuries, strangulation
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/2126/14
Summary
null The product has cord with toggles on the ends in the hood that may become caught and the child may be strangled.The cord is elastic and if a child pulls it, the toggles may spring back into his/her eyes and face causing injuries. The product does not comply with the relevant European standard EN 14682.
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Product
Children's jacket — Qifeng
- Brand
- Qifeng
- Name / model
- Unknown · 5088B
- Batch number(s)
- Unknown
- Category
- Clothing, textiles and fashion items
- Grey and red, hooded jacket for children with zip. The hood includes non-fixed elastic drawstrings with plastic toggles at the ends. Size: 122, 128
What is the risk?
- null The product has cord with toggles on the ends in the hood that may become caught and the child may be strangled.The cord is elastic and if a child pulls it, the toggles may spring back into his/her eyes and face causing injuries. The product does not comply with the relevant European standard EN 14682.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: 08/09/2014
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