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Candles - Unfragranced tea lights – Body Shop

Serious risk Fire

Published by Safety Gate 8 Apr 2010In the weekly report of 9 Apr 2010 (week 14, 2010)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 8 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Candles - Unfragranced tea lights
Brand
Body Shop
Type / model
1) Barcode 5028197840280. Type 1084028. 2) Bar code 5028197613303. Type 1061330.
Description
1) Pack of 24 unfragranced tea lights in a transparent packaging (145mm wide, 72mm deep, 70mm high) with 3 layers of 8 tea lights divided by a white card. The base card is printed in 2 colours. The tea lights are made of creamy white wax with raised ring detail in silver metal cases with a wick. The bag is sealed at the top by 3 metal staples attaching a white card folded in two and printed with black and a yellow/orange design. 2) Pack of 25 unfragranced tea lights A frosted white bag (145mm wide, 75mm deep, 80mm high) with 3 layers of 8 tea lights divided by a white card with 1 tea light on top. The tea lights are made of creamy white wax with raised ring detail in silver metal cases with a wick. The bag is sealed at the top with 3 metal staples attaching a 4 colour printed card folded in two.
Risk
The product poses a risk of fire because, once ignited, it can suddenly and unexpectedly burst into flames. 20 incidents reported.The product does not comply with the relevant European standard EN 15493.
Measures
  • Voluntary withdrawn from the market and recall from consumers by the distributor
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 0625/10Photo 2 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0625/10
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0625/10
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2010-14 (XML)
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