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Shocking Rocket and Explosive Experiments - "Fusée rusée" et "Expériences explosives" – GALT

Serious risk Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 27 Nov 2008In the weekly report of 28 Nov 2008 (week 47, 2008)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 7 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Shocking Rocket and Explosive Experiments - "Fusée rusée" et "Expériences explosives"
Brand
GALT
Type / model
Unknown
Description
The first box, "Fusée rusée" (English name: Shocking Rocket), contains a water rocket with a 300 ml water reservoir, the second, "Expériences explosives" (English name: Explosive Experiments), contains a water rocket with a 500 ml water reservoir and a chemistry experiment kit including a bottle of sodium tetraborate and a pair of glasses, described as protective glasses, with no CE mark.
Risk
The product poses a risk of injuries because of: - risk of the reservoir exploding while being put under pressure, - risk of falling and injury if the take-off during the launch phase goes wrong. The product does not comply with the Toys Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71.
Measures
  • Voluntary withdrawal from the market by the manufacturer
Notifying country
France
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 1379/08Photo 2 of the product in Safety Gate alert 1379/08Photo 3 of the product in Safety Gate alert 1379/08Photo 4 of the product in Safety Gate alert 1379/08Photo 5 of the product in Safety Gate alert 1379/08Photo 6 of the product in Safety Gate alert 1379/08
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 1379/08
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2008-47 (XML)
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