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EU Safety Gate · Report-2008-37

1.“FONE HC CRENE” refined series lighter, 2.“GAS MATCH” · Lighters for hot plates

The products poses a risk of burns because the lighters do not comply with resistance to: - high temperature, - loss of fuel, - prolonged burning. The product does not comply with the relevant standard EN ISO 9994.

Published
19 September 2008
Notifying authority
Bulgaria
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 and recall from consumers ordered by the authorities.. Date of entry into force: Unknown

Official source alert
Safety Gate reference
1035/08
Model
1.“FONE HC CRENE” refined series lighter; 2.“GAS MATCH”
Category
Lighters
Risk type
Burns
Country of origin
People's Republic of China

1. Gas lighters for hot-plates, total of 5000 pcs in 10 boxes of 500 pcs each containing boxes of 50 pcs. The lighters have the appearance of a match ,with a yellow plastic handle and a red tip. In the middle of the handle there is an on/off switch; there is no flame regulator. Markings on the box: “FONE HC CRENE”, refined series lighter, HONGC" there is no an identification number or barcode. 2. Gas lighters for hot-plates – 1200 pcs, 10 boxes each with 120 pcs. The lighters are packed in individual plastic packages on cardboard marked “GAS MATCH”. They have a white, plastic handle with a red and green end and a trigger in the middle for flame ignition. There is an on/off button on the left, while on the top there is a button for regulation of the flame. No identification number or barcode.