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Crayons. – SaKOTA “Wax crayons.”

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 8 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Crayons.
Brand
SaKOTA (6 alerts)
Brand as notified
SaKOTA.
Name
Wax crayons.
Type / model
CFA 0942 EAN:5997875709426.
Description
Six varicoloured wax crayons are packed in a cardboard display box with an opening for suspension at the top.
Risk
The product poses a serious risk of poisoning because the yellow wax crayon contains 1556,1 mg/kg of plumbum and 93,8 mg/kg of chrome.The limit values of 90 mg/kg Pb and 60mg/kg Cr as laid down in STN EN 71-3:1996. Due to these facts the product poses a serious risk for health a child.
Measures
  • Voluntary withdrawal, recall and stop of selling from the market by the distributor. Press release has been issued
Notifying country
Slovakia
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0701/07
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0701/07
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2007-28 (XML)
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