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Safety matches “Europa Hölzer”

Other risk levels Burns, Fire

Published by Safety Gate 9 Jan 2019In the weekly report of 18 Jan 2019 (week 3, 2019)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 9 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Safety matches
Brand
Unknown
Name
Europa Hölzer
Type / model
Batch no: 18/21/19/06/01
Batch
4004753042603
Barcode
4004753042603
Description
Safety matches sold in a set of 10 matchbox packages.
Risk
The glowtime of the matches is too long. The user could place the still glowing match back in the matchbox, or onto/near inflammable material, which could then catch fire causing burns to the user.The product does not comply with the relevant European standard EN 1783.
Measures
  • Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures · ordered on the distributor · from 2 Jan 2019
Notifying country
Finland
Country of origin
Germany
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert A11/0002/19
Photos shown from the Safety Gate server (European Commission); not copied here.

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A11/0002/19
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2019-003 (XML)
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