EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Clothing, textiles and fashion items
Children’s winter jacket OK “Unknown” — risk: strangulation
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0706/14
Summary
null The product poses a risk of strangulation due to the presence of drawstrings in the neck area. The product does not comply with the relevant European standard EN 14682.
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Product
Children’s winter jacket — OK
- Brand
- OK
- Name / model
- Unknown · 801126
- Batch number(s)
- Unknown
- Category
- Clothing, textiles and fashion items
- Children’s winter jacket in light blue colour, with embroidered flowers in orange colour. It has a hood supplied with an elastic functional cord with free ends secured against unravelling by means of plastic toggles, but it is not attached to the garment and freely moves inside the tunnel it passes
What is the risk?
- null The product poses a risk of strangulation due to the presence of drawstrings in the neck area. 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): Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures
- Date of entry into force: 16/04/2014
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