EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Toys
Plastic doll “Cherubic Crawling Baby” — risk: chemical
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/1287/13
Summary
null The product poses a chemical risk because of the presence of 16% by weight of bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP). According to the REACH Regulation, phthalates DEHP, DBP and BBP are prohibited in all toys and childcare articles, while phthalates DINP, DIDP and DNOP are prohibited in toys or childcare articles that can be placed in the mouth by children.
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Product
Plastic doll
- Name / model
- Cherubic Crawling Baby · AH 098
- Batch number(s)
- 2013049197769
- Category
- Toys
- Baby doll that runs on batteries, dressed in white-pink clothes. Product is packed in a blue and pink cardboard box with transparent window in front of the box.
What is the risk?
- null The product poses a chemical risk because of the presence of 16% by weight of bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP). According to the REACH Regulation, phthalates DEHP, DBP and BBP are prohibited in all toys and childcare articles, while phthalates DINP, DIDP and DNOP are prohibited in toys or childcare articles that can be placed in the mouth by children.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Import rejected at border
- Date of entry into force: 09/09/2013
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Destruction of the product
- Date of entry into force: 09/09/2013
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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