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Lighters

Serious risk Burns

Published by Safety Gate 17 Aug 2006In the weekly report of 18 Aug 2006 (week 32, 2006)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 7 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Description
Child-appealing lighters in a form of match, cigarette, tomato, pepper and pistol.Type/number of model: The following codes were found in the importer’s catalogue: JY-654 (match), JY-309 (cigarette), 9790033 (tomato), JY-904 (pepper), 9790049 (pistol I), 9790050 (pistol II).
Risk
These lighters pose a risk of burns to children. The lighters are attractive to children — particularly those under the age of 51 months — who may take them for toys or food. There are no indications of how the flame is produced.
Measures
  • Withdrawal from the market ordered by the authority
Notifying country
Greece
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0522/06Photo 2 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0522/06Photo 3 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0522/06
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0522/06
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2006-32 (XML)
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