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Fancy-dress costume – Famowesta “Mitternachts-Hexe ("Midnight witch")”

Serious risk Chemical

Published by Safety Gate 19 Aug 2015In the weekly report of 28 Aug 2015 (week 34, 2015)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 3 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Fancy-dress costume
Brand
Famowesta
Name
Mitternachts-Hexe ("Midnight witch")
Type / model
Art. Nr. 15770
Batch
4009384157702
Barcode
4009384157702
Description
Fancy-dress costume set for children, including a foldable black hat, a black and orange robe, two black belts, a set of vampire teeth, packed separately, 10 stick-on artificial black fingernails/claws, a long plastic nose with a wart attached to an elastic band and a short, thick plastic nose. Samp
Risk
null The nose in the fancy-dress costume set contains di-isononylphthalate (DINP) (measured value 23 % by weight) and di-2-ethylhexyl (DEHP) (measured value 1.4% by weight). DEHP may harm the health of children, causing possible damage to the reproductive system. According to the REACH Regulation the phthalates DEHP, DBP and BBP are prohibited in all toys and childcare articles while phthalates DINP, DIDP and DNOP are prohibited in toys or childcare articles that can be placed in the mouth by children.
Measures
  • Withdrawal of the product from the market · from 13 Apr 2015
  • Destruction of the product · from 13 Apr 2015
Notifying country
Germany
Country of origin
India
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/1065/15
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/1065/15
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2015-034 (XML)
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