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Light up gloves DIMY “Lightning Up Gloves” — risk: chemical
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/1636/19
Summary
The battery is easily accessible without the use of any tools. A child may put these in the mouth, which could cause damage to the child’s gastrointestinal tract.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy SafetyDirective and the relevant European standard EN 62115.
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Product
- White gloves with grey wrist band in clear packaging with a battery-operated light-up feature. The product was also sold online, in particular via Amazon.
What is the risk?
- The battery is easily accessible without the use of any tools. A child may put these in the mouth, which could cause damage to the child’s gastrointestinal tract.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy SafetyDirective and the relevant European standard EN 62115.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: RetailerCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: 04/10/2018
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): This product listing was removed by Amazon.
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
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Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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