Serious riskSerious risk
EU Safety Gate · Report-2007-29
CURLY & SMOOTH HANDELS GmbH · Child-appealing lighter
This product poses a risk of fire and burns because it is attractive to children — particularly those under the age of 51 months — who may confuse it with a toy.
- Published
- 27 July 2007
- Notifying authority
- Greece
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
Check the authority measure and original alert.
Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other. Category of measure(s): Voluntary withdrawal from the market by the importer. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- 0728/07
- Model
- V-Fire Mini Tyre Piezo Rotation, Cod. 020504, bar code: 4 035687 016828
- Check-digit validated barcodes
- 4035687016828
Classification
- Category
- Lighters
- Risk type
- Burns, Fire
- Country of origin
- Not published
Product description
The lighter has a shape of a tyre (approximate diameter 5,5 cm) and uses gas to produce the flame. Two red arrows indicate point where the flame appears and the button that activates the flame. The wheel rim has the following warning (in German): "Von Kindern fernhalten" und "Für Kinder unerreichbar aufbewahren".