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Plastic strings – Fashion Strings

Serious risk Chemical

Published by Safety Gate 21 Aug 2008In the weekly report of 22 Aug 2008 (week 33, 2008)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 7 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Plastic strings
Brand
Fashion Strings (2 alerts)
Brand as notified
FASHION STRINGS
Type / model
Unknown
Description
The toy is composed of varicoloured plastic strings of length about 80 cm. A child can create various formations using various nodes. The product is packed in a transparent plastic bag, marking - CE, pictogram of age group, warnings in English language on risks of suffocation and swallowing.
Risk
The product poses chemical risk because it contains 18,7 % by weight of bis (2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP), which is banned in toys by the Chemical Restrictions Directive 76/769/EEC.
Measures
  • Voluntary withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers by the retailer
Notifying country
Slovakia
Country of origin
Unknown
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0896/08Photo 2 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0896/08
Photos shown from the Safety Gate server (European Commission); not copied here.

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0896/08
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2008-33 (XML)
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