EU Safety Gate · Report-2009-8
FOX · Children’s outfit - Forest guard
The product poses a risk of: - strangulation due to the presence of drawstrings in the hood area. The product does not comply with the relevant European standard EN 14682, according to which garments intended for young children aged from birth to age 7 years shall not be designed, manufactured or supplied with drawstrings, functional cords or decorative cords in the hood or neck area, - injuries due to the presence of drawstrings at the bottom of the jacket. The product does not comply with the relevant European standard EN 14682 according to which drawstrings, decorative cords or functional cords which include toggles on the lower edges of garments, shall not hang below the lower edge of the garment.
- Published
- 06 March 2009
- Notifying authority
- Bulgaria
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
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Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Other. Category of measure(s): Sales ban and withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers ordered by the authorities.. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- 0297/09
- Model
- BW9ES-701
Classification
- Category
- Clothing, textiles and fashion items
- Risk type
- Injuries, Strangulation
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
Product description
Sweat pants and a long-sleeved sweatshirt with a zip, hood and cords in the hood and waist area of the trousers. The sweatshirt has the inscription "FOREST GUARD”, "MICHIGAN”, “BLACK BEAR” across the front and pictures of pines and a bear. Colour – light and dark grey.