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EU Safety Gate · Report-2008-22

BOCEK · Child's Tom & Jerry bib

The product poses a chemical risk because it contains 78.96mg/kg (limit 30mg/kg) formaldehyde. Formaldehyde is absorbed rapidly and can cause irritation, allergic reaction and can damage muscular membranes. It may damage the central nervous system, liver and kidneys.

Published
06 June 2008
Notifying authority
Czechia
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 ordered by the authorities.. Date of entry into force: Unknown

Official source alert
Safety Gate reference
0588/08
Category
Childcare articles and children's equipment
Risk type
Chemical
Country of origin
Czechia

Child's bib with a pocket. Made of white polyvinyl chloride (PVC foil) printed with a picture of Tom & Jerry and BOCEK®. Lined with white textile material, trimmed with yellow edging. Proportion 36 x 29cm. The bib is packed in a transparent plastic bag closed with coloured card.