EU Safety Gate · Report-2008-30
TOYS · Set of plastic cars
The product poses a chemical risk because the yellow and green coloured plastic contain excessive levels of lead and chromium:- 375 mg/kg of lead in green and 433 mg/kg of lead in yellow despite a limit of 90 mg/kg; - 97.9 mg/kg of chromium in yellow despite a limit of 80 mg/kg. The product does not comply with the Toys Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71.
- Published
- 01 August 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 ordered by the authorities.. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- 0817/08
- Model
- No 526-8p ; EAN 8713145152689
- Check-digit validated barcodes
- 8713145152689
Classification
- Category
- Toys
- Risk type
- Chemical
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
Product description
A set of 8 colourful plastic cars packed in a plastic bag closed by a carton label. The cars have the following names: “Gallop”, “Power 36”, “Fast 6”, “Super”, “Racing 8”, “R5R”, “King”.