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Pencil case “Pen compartment Pennfack + Tillbehör”

Serious risk Chemical, Environment counterfeit product

Published by Safety Gate 10 Jan 2024In the weekly report of 12 Jan 2024 (week 2, 2024)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 9 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate

The official record marks this product as counterfeit: it carries the brand name but is not a genuine product of that brand.

Product
Pencil case
Name
Pen compartment Pennfack + Tillbehör
Description
PVC-plastic pencil case with pictures of pokémon characters. Product sold online.
Risk
The plastic material of the product has an excessive concentration of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) (measured value up to 10.6% by weight) and short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) (measured values: up to 2.2 % by weight). This phthalate may harm the health of children, causing possible damage to their reproductive system. SCCPs persist in the environment, are toxic to aquatic organisms at low concentrations and bioaccumulate in wildlife and humans, posing a risk to human health and the environment. The product does not comply with the REACH Regulation nor with the Regulation on persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
Measures
  • Withdrawal of the product from the market · by the importer · from 27 Sep 2023
Notifying country
Sweden
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/00036/24
Photos shown from the Safety Gate server (European Commission); not copied here.

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/00036/24
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2024-2 (XML)
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