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Wooden toy- Chad Valley Wooden Construction Train – Chad Valley Wooden Pre School Toys

Serious risk Chemical

Published by Safety Gate 7 Feb 2008In the weekly report of 8 Feb 2008 (week 5, 2008)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 6 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Wooden toy- Chad Valley Wooden Construction Train
Brand
Chad Valley Wooden Pre School Toys
Type / model
Item Code: 304012980,
Barcode
5019388413802
Barcodes listed
5019388413802, Batch Code: S/N 07/27. (official alert record)
Barcode as notified
5019388413802, Batch Code: S/N 07/27.
Description
A wooden build your own train with multi coloured and different shaped blocks. The train is free wheeling and when constructed has two carriages. Packaging is an open window box.
Risk
The product poses a chemical risk because the orange paint of the toy contains excessive levels of lead (515 mg/kg) and chromium (110 mg/kg). Lead and chromium are found to have long term adverse health effects if ingested.The product does not comply with the Toys Directive and the relevant European standard EN-71.
Measures
  • Voluntary withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers by the importer
Notifying country
United Kingdom
Country of origin
Hong Kong
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0155/08
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0155/08
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2008-5 (XML)
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