EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Toys
Soap bubble toy — risk: chemical
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/1080/14
Summary
null The product poses a chemical risk because the flexible plastic of the translucent tube contains up to 4.4 % by weight of di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), up to 10.2 % by weight of DBP (dibutyl phthalate) and up to 0.18 % by weight of phthalates DINP (di-isononyl phthalate).According to the REACH Regulation the phthalates DEHP, DBP and BBP are prohibited in all toys and childcare articles, while phthalates…
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Product
Soap bubble toy
- Name / model
- Bubble · No 6698
- Batch number(s)
- Barcode: 5 400311 820710
- Category
- Toys
- Transparent plastic saxophone, 18 cm long, with a small plastic bottle (height 8.5cm) of bubble liquid, presented together in a cardboard blister pack of 18x20 cm
What is the risk?
- null The product poses a chemical risk because the flexible plastic of the translucent tube contains up to 4.4 % by weight of di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), up to 10.2 % by weight of DBP (dibutyl phthalate) and up to 0.18 % by weight of phthalates DINP (di-isononyl phthalate).According to the REACH Regulation the 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 taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market
- Date of entry into force: 17/10/2013
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: 21/10/2013
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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