EU Safety Gate · Report-2008-37
ZWIERZAKI · Plastic toy lion
The product poses a chemical risk because it contains 4 % by weight of bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and 8 % by weight of di-"isononyl" phthalate (DINP) which are banned in toys by the Chemical Restrictions Directive 76/769/EEC.
- Published
- 19 September 2008
- Notifying authority
- Poland
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
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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
- 1042/08
- Check-digit validated barcodes
- 5900700031081
Classification
- Category
- Toys
- Risk type
- Chemical
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
Product description
The toy is a lion made of semi-soft plastic, coloured orange and dark yellow. The packaging is a transparent plastic bag closed with folded cardboard. On the cardboard are jungle pictures as well as the following markings: “CE mark”, name and address of the importer, “Made in China”, pictogram with age 0-3 restriction, and warnings like: “Not intended for children below 3 years”, “WARNING! Choking hazard – small parts”, “Store the toy out of reach of small children”.