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EU Safety Gate · Report-2008-21

VILLAVERDE · Stainless Steel Garden Torches

The product poses a chemical risk because the exposed gasket between the oil reservoir and the wick holder contains asbestos (chrysotile). The product does not comply with the Chemical Restrictions Directive 76/769/EEC.

Published
30 May 2008
Notifying authority
Germany
Catalog checked
30 July 2026
What should you do?

Check the authority measure and original alert.

Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Other. Category of measure(s): Withdrawal from the market ordered by the authorities.. Date of entry into force: Unknown

Official source alert
Safety Gate reference
0574/08
Model
BOWL stainless steel torch
Check-digit validated barcodes
4019916471183
Category
Decorative articles
Risk type
Chemical
Country of origin
Not published

Bowl-shaped stainless steel garden torch containing chrysotile with cover; the wick opening (organic fibres) is attached to the cover with a red compressed seal with a ring 23 mm in diameter and 1 mm thick. There are fibres around the edges.