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Wax crayons. – SaKOTA “Wax crayons (voskové pastelky).”

Serious risk Chemical

Published by Safety Gate 19 Jul 2007In the weekly report of 20 Jul 2007 (week 28, 2007)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 6 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Wax crayons.
Brand
SaKOTA (6 alerts)
Brand as notified
SaKOTA.
Name
Wax crayons (voskové pastelky).
Type / model
1) CFA 0943 with a picture of a butterfly, 8 pieces, EAN: 5997875709433. 2) CFA0943 with a picture of a hippopotamus, 8 pieces, EAN: 5997875709433. 3) CFA 0945 with a picture of a hippopotamus, 24 pieces, EAN: 5997875709457.
Description
The varicoloured wax crayons are packed in a cardboard box. Sizes: (1) and (2) 6,7x11,5x0,9 cm, (3) 10x11,5x2 cm.
Risk
These crayons poses a risk to children because:1) crayons from the box with a picture of a butterfly and of a yellow colour contain 1534mg/kg Pb and 181,7 mg/kg Cr;2) crayons from the box with a picture of a hippopotamus and of yellow colour contain 1028,1 mg/kg Pb and 165,2 mg/kg Cr and of green colour contain 318,3 mg/kg Pb;3) crayons from the box with a picture of a hippopotamus and of yellow colour contain 882,4 mg/kg Pb and 134,3 mg/kg Cr and of dark yellow colour contain 297,5 mg/kg Pb and of turquoise colour contain 530,4 mg/kg Pb and 68,5 mg/kg Cr.The contents of lead and chrome exceed the limit of 90mg/kg for lead and 60mg/kg for chrome laid down by the standard.This product does not comply with the Toys Directive and the European standard for toys EN 71-1.
Measures
  • Voluntary actions taken by the distributor: stop of selling, withdrawal from the market, recall from consumers and information to consumers
Notifying country
Slovakia
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0689/07Photo 2 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0689/07
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0689/07
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2007-28 (XML)
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