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Flashing Santa hat – BGC

Serious risk Burns, Fire

Published by Safety Gate 26 Feb 2009In the weekly report of 27 Feb 2009 (week 7, 2009)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 3 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Flashing Santa hat
Brand
BGC
Brand as notified
BGC Ltd
Type / model
JY1320A
Barcode
5055026012839
Barcodes listed
5055026012839 (official alert record)
Description
Plush red & white Santa hat with 5 flashing stars, a battery box (but no battery included), operated by means of 2 x R6 / AA sized batteries. Product sold separately or in a plastic bag in quantities of 12. No warnings or instructions are supplied with the product.
Risk
The product poses a risk of burns and fire because of bare wires which can come into contact with each other causing a ‘short-circuit’ to occur. This could result in the wires rapidly heating up and igniting, with a risk of the textile materials burning.
Measures
  • Voluntary withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers by the importer
Notifying country
United Kingdom
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0281/09
Photos shown from the Safety Gate server (European Commission); not copied here.

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0281/09
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2009-7 (XML)
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