EU Safety Gate · Report-2017-046
Disney · Colored Scented Pencils
The pencils contain an excessive amount of lead (measured value: 22.1 mg/kg). A child using the pencils could put one in his/her mouth and suck on it and then the lead would enter the child’s body. Exposure to lead can result in severe and irreversible neuro-behavioural and neuro-developmental effects to which children are particularly sensitive. The product does not comply with the Toy Safety Directive and with the relevant European standards EN 71-3.
- Published
- 17 November 2017
- Notifying authority
- Spain
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
Check the authority measure and original alert.
Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Importer. Category of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market. Date of entry into force: 21/08/2017
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- A12/1599/17
- Model
- ESF-4006
- Batch
- 8431234140798
- Check-digit validated barcodes
- 8431234140798
Classification
- Category
- Toys
- Risk type
- Chemical
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
Product description
Five scented, coloured pencils in a cardboard box featuring an image from the Disney cartoon "Frozen".