EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Clothing, textiles and fashion items
Children’s shoes NIKAN — risk: chemical, choking
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. 0733/11
Summary
null The product poses a risk of choking because the metal butterfly can detach and could be swallowed by a child. In addition, the product poses a chemical risk because parts of the shoes contain 23.4% by weight of bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP).
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Product
Children’s shoes — NIKAN
- Brand
- NIKAN
- Name / model
- MRP – RS.80
- Batch number(s)
- -
- Category
- Clothing, textiles and fashion items
- Children’s shoes with decorative elements on the upper – a leather ribbon with a metal ribbon attached in the middle resembling a butterfly. Decorative pearls also placed in the middle and small rhinestones glued around them. The shoes are in two colours – pink and black. The products are packed in
What is the risk?
- null The product poses a risk of choking because the metal butterfly can detach and could be swallowed by a child. In addition, the product poses a chemical risk because parts of the shoes contain 23.4% by weight of bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP).
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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