EU Safety Gate · Report-2007-31
Punch and Judy show, TOYS · Finger puppet "Devil"
The textile parts of the puppet have been treated intensively with azo dyes, which are carcinogenic. Azo dyes were confirmed in the red textile by identifying 2,4 toluylendiamine. The rates of release were 330 and 860 mg/kg, many times more than the limit value of 30 mg/kg.
- Published
- 10 August 2007
- Notifying authority
- Germany
- 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 distributor. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- 0800/07
- Model
- EAN 4013594 293822
- Check-digit validated barcodes
- 4013594293822
Classification
- Category
- Toys
- Risk type
- Chemical
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
Product description
Two identical packages – Punch and Judy puppet, type “Devil”; approx. 30 cm high and 16 cm wide, head made of painted wood, jacket made of textile material, outer part red, under-shirt dark brown; three-pronged wooden fork, painted grey, attached to the neck with a rubber band.