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Animal tracking kit – "Nick Baker's animal tracking explorer kit" – Interplay

Serious risk Burns

Published by Safety Gate 22 May 2008In the weekly report of 23 May 2008 (week 20, 2008)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 7 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Animal tracking kit – "Nick Baker's animal tracking explorer kit"
Brand
Interplay
Brand as notified
INTERPLAY
Type / model
070704.
Description
Children's animal explorer kit containing moulds, mixing powder to make Plaster of Paris moulds of animal tracks. Aimed at children aged 7+. The packaging consists of a white cardboard box with pictures of birds and animals on all sides. There is also a picture of animal expert Nick Baker.
Risk
The product poses a risk of burns because the powder used to make Plaster of Paris was not calcium sulphate (as expected) but showed a pH of 14, rather than neutral, indicating it was consistent with calcium hydroxide. Calcium hydroxide is an irritant and corrosive which poses a serious risk of damage (burns) to the eyes.
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 0567/08
Photos shown from the Safety Gate server (European Commission); not copied here.

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0567/08
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2008-20 (XML)
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