EU alert · Safety Gate Risk: Other types of alerts Lighters
Novelty lighter — risk: burns, fire
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. INFO/00115/21
Summary
The lighter is appealing to children and can easily be mistaken for a toy. Children may play with it and suffer burns or cause a fire. No lighter should be appealing to children. The product does not comply with the requirements of the General Product Safety Directive and the relevant European standard EN 13869.
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Product
Novelty lighter
- Category
- Lighters
- Billiard ball-shaped lighter, plastic, in different colours: white, white with a wide yellow stripe in the middle and an underlined number 9.
What is the risk?
- The lighter is appealing to children and can easily be mistaken for a toy. Children may play with it and suffer burns or cause a fire. No lighter should be appealing to children. The product does not comply with the requirements of the General Product Safety Directive and the relevant European standard EN 13869.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: RetailerCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market
- Date of entry into force: 16/04/2021
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Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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