SaKOTA. · Wax crayons (voskové pastelky).

This product poses a risk to children because yellow crayon contains 1556,1 mg/kg of plumbum (Pb) and 93,8 mg/kg of chrome (Cr), which exceeds the limit values of 90mg/kg for Pb and 60mg/kg for Cr. This product does not comply with the Toys Directive and the European standard for toys EN 71.

Published: 20 July 2007
Notifying authority: Slovakia
Catalog checked: 30 July 2026

What should you do?

Check the authority measure and original alert.

Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other. Category of measure(s): Voluntary actions taken by the distributor: stop of selling, withdrawal from the market and information to consumers.. Date of entry into force: Unknown

Official source alert

Product identification

Safety Gate reference: 0698/07
Model: CFA 0944, EAN: 5997875709440.
Check-digit validated barcodes: 5997875709440

Classification

Category: Toys
Risk type: Chemical
Country of origin: People's Republic of China

Product description

Twelve varicoloured wax crayons are packed in a cardboard box with an opening for suspension at the top. Their size is 10x11,5x0,9 cm. At the front side there are a picture of a bee, a name of a product in four languages – Slovak, Czech, Hungarian and Polish, type and logo SaKOTA®. On the back, there are logo SaKOTA®, distributors for the Slovak Republic, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, origin, notice “It does not contain toxic substances”, pictogram of age group, CE mark, www.sakota.com, EAN and trade name: "North&South Inc., U.S.A".