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Plastic toy sword – Boland “Knight's sword (épée chevalier)”

Serious risk Chemical

Published by Safety Gate 17 Oct 2014In the weekly report of 24 Oct 2014 (week 42, 2014)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 1 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Plastic toy sword
Brand
Boland (6 alerts)
Name
Knight's sword (épée chevalier)
Type / model
Unknown
Batch
EAN 8712026 440310
Barcode
8712026440310
Description
Plastic toy sword with a gold-coloured handle and a precious blue stone and silver blade, sold without packaging.
Risk
null The gold paint of the sword handle releases an excessive amount of copper (measured value: 65 545mg/kg).The cooper is toxic for children's health if it migrates in a child's saliva and is ingested.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71-3.
Measures
  • Withdrawal of the product from the market · from 18 Sep 2014
  • Recall of the product from end users · from 18 Sep 2014
  • Destruction of the product · from 18 Sep 2014
Notifying country
France
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/1682/14Photo 2 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/1682/14
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/1682/14
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2014-042 (XML)
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