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Devil puppet – Simba Toys

Serious risk Chemical

Published by Safety Gate 5 Jun 2008In the weekly report of 6 Jun 2008 (week 22, 2008)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 7 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Devil puppet
Brand
Simba Toys (3 alerts)
Brand as notified
SIMBA® TOYS
Type / model
1) Devil hand puppet -
Barcode
4006592442156, 4006592453091, 45850882
Barcodes listed
4006592453091; Article No: 458 5088 2) Devil puppet sold as part of a five-piece hand puppet set - Barcode: 4006592 442156; Article No: 458 4215 (official alert record)
Barcode as notified
4006592453091; Article No: 458 5088 2) Devil puppet sold as part of a five-piece hand puppet set - Barcode: 4006592 442156; Article No: 458 4215
Description
1) The "devil" is packaged individually 2). Hand puppet set with five colourful hand puppets in the form of: "devil", "Punch", "grandma", "princess" and "policeman".The affected "devil" toy is available as an individual product (Article No 458 5088) and the identical item is also available as part of a set (Article No 458 4215).The head is made of soft plastic; skin colour: red; hair and beard: black; eyes: black, yellow and green; teeth and horns: white; mouth: purple. Cape made of black fabric with two red triangles on the front and a felt collar.The affected products are only "old goods" packed in a red and blue box with the number 88881101 printed on the bottom of the packaging beside the words "Made in China".The packaging of current products, which are not affected, has yellow elements. The coat has two different materials 1) shiny stiff material with a red apron 2) matt, black material with red stitching on the front.
Risk
The product poses a chemical risk because the black textile part of the "devil" hand puppet contains 581 mg/kg 4-aminoazobenzene which is a banned azo dye.
Measures
  • Voluntary recall from consumers by the importer. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Notifying country
Germany
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0595/08Photo 2 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0595/08Photo 3 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0595/08Photo 4 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0595/08Photo 5 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0595/08
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0595/08
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2008-22 (XML)
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