EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Clothing, textiles and fashion items
Children’s sweatshirt Billabong — risk: strangulation
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. 0264/11
Summary
null The product poses a risk of strangulation due to the presence of drawstrings in the hood.The product does not comply with the relevant European standard EN 14682.
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Product
Children’s sweatshirt — Billabong
- Brand
- Billabong
- Name / model
- Unknown
- Category
- Clothing, textiles and fashion items
- Sweatshirt intended for children up to 7 years of age, with inscriptions "Billabong" and a hood supplied with functional cords. The product is fastened with a zipper and has two pockets. It is sold without packaging. There is a paper label attached to the garment, containing the following informati
What is the risk?
- null The product poses a risk of strangulation due to the presence of drawstrings in the hood.The product does not comply with the relevant European standard EN 14682.
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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