EU alert · Safety Gate Risk: Other types of alerts Toys
Toy slime “Colorful Exuisite Fishbowl” — risk: chemical
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. INFO/0105/19
Summary
The migration of boron from the toy slime is too high (measured value up to 1180 mg/kg). Ingestion or contact with an excessive quantity of boron may harm the health of children by damaging their reproductive system.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71-3.
A Safety Gate alert means that national authorities found a serious or relevant risk and took measures. The same product may also be sold under other names or online.
Product
Toy slime
- Name / model
- Colorful Exuisite Fishbowl
- Category
- Toys
- 60ml Colourful Exquisite fishbowl beads mermaid Slime crystal mud cotton clay Plasticene DIY decompression Modeling toys. The product was sold online.
What is the risk?
- The migration of boron from the toy slime is too high (measured value up to 1180 mg/kg). Ingestion or contact with an excessive quantity of boron may harm the health of children by damaging their reproductive system.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71-3.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Sales ban
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Removal of the products from the Aliexpress platform
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
Data and images: Safety Gate, © European Union, licensed under CC BY 4.0. EU Safety Radar is an independent information service; the text above is an editorial presentation of the official data — the entry in the source system is authoritative.
Open in Safety Gate ↗