EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Clothing, textiles and fashion items
Children's sweatshirt Grace — risk: strangulation
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/00398/20
Summary
There are long neck drawstrings with free ends that are too long and not attached to the garment and can get stuck during normal child activities, resulting in strangulation. The product does not comply with the relevant European Standard EN 14682.
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Product
Children's sweatshirt — Grace
- Brand
- Grace
- Name / model
- G85341
- Barcode
- 5999011853413
- Category
- Clothing, textiles and fashion items
- Hooded Children's sweatshirt for older children and adolescents, with long neck drawstrings with free ends, pink with white stripes.
What is the risk?
- There are long neck drawstrings with free ends that are too long and not attached to the garment and can get stuck during normal child activities, resulting in strangulation. The product does not comply with the relevant European Standard EN 14682.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): DistributorCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market
- Date of entry into force: 28/01/2020
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): DistributorCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: 28/01/2020
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Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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