Serious riskSerious risk
EU Safety Gate · Report-2013-040
L*S - Le Stelle Group · Fashion Strings
The products pose a chemical risk because they contain 16% by weight (pack of 20) and 15% by weight (pack of 30) of diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP).
- Published
- 11 October 2013
- Notifying authority
- Italy
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
Check the authority measure and original alert.
Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Other. Category of measure(s): Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures. Date of entry into force: 16/09/2013
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- A12/1389/13
- Model
- Pack of 20: Item L 7695 , Pack of 30: Item L 07694
- Batch
- Pack of 20: 8034123076958Pack of 30: 8034123076941
- Check-digit validated barcodes
- 8034123076941 · 8034123076958
Classification
- Category
- Toys
- Risk type
- Chemical
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
Product description
Packets of 20 and 30 strands for braiding, known as "scoubidous", in various colours. A logo on the packaging indicates 'toy not suitable for children aged under 36 months' and the contradictory statement 'this product is not a toy'.