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Battery-powered car – Flip Over

Serious risk Chemical

Published by Safety Gate 9 Jul 2009In the weekly report of 10 Jul 2009 (week 26, 2009)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 7 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Battery-powered car
Brand
Flip Over
Type / model
GIOC /202 A and GIOC /202 B, GIOC /202 C
Description
The toy is packed in a cardboard box with a clear plastic cover. There are various inscriptions in English on the box. The underside of the box that contains the products with reference numbers GIOC /202 A and GIOC /202 B bears text in English and Arabic; there is no text on the boxes containing products with reference number GIOC /202 C.
Risk
The product poses a chemical risk because it contains 15 400 mg/kg of lead and 3 480 mg/kg of chromium.The product does not comply with the Toys Directive and with the relevant European standard EN 71.
Measures
  • Withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers ordered by the authorities
Notifying country
Italy
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0929/09
Photos shown from the Safety Gate server (European Commission); not copied here.

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0929/09
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2009-26 (XML)
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