EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Clothing, textiles and fashion items
Hair accessory “Light String Garland” — risk: burns, chemical, choking, injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. SR/01810/26
Summary
The battery compartment can easily be opened without use of any tools and the button batteries inside are easily accessible. A child may put them in the mouth and swallow them, which could cause damage to the child’s gastrointestinal tract and/or choking. The product does not comply with the General Product Safety Regulation.
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Product
Hair accessory
- Name / model
- Light String Garland
- Category
- Clothing, textiles and fashion items
- Light string garland with multicoloured flowers and battery operated lights.
What is the risk?
- The battery compartment can easily be opened without use of any tools and the button batteries inside are easily accessible. A child may put them in the mouth and swallow them, which could cause damage to the child’s gastrointestinal tract and/or choking. The product does not comply with the General Product Safety Regulation.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): ImporterCategory of measure(s): Import rejected at border
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): ImporterCategory of measure(s): Destruction of the product
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
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Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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