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Toy Microphone JOHNTOY “Microphone - Mit light - Avec lumiére - Con luz” — risk: chemical, environment, injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0299/19
Summary
The microphone can easily break, causing the button batteries to become accessible.A child may put them in the mouth, causing damage to the gastrointestinal tract. Additionally, the solder in three different places inside the toy contains too much lead (measured value up to: 70% by weight). Lead poses a risk to the environment. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Directive, the relevant…
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Product
- Orange plastic microphone with a short blue antenna coming out from the handle. The microphone is battery-operated and can emit light.
What is the risk?
- The microphone can easily break, causing the button batteries to become accessible.A child may put them in the mouth, causing damage to the gastrointestinal tract. Additionally, the solder in three different places inside the toy contains too much lead (measured value up to: 70% by weight). Lead poses a risk to the environment. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Directive, the relevant European standard EN 62115 and the Commission Directive on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS 2 Directive).
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: ImporterCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: 15/01/2019
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Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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