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Teufelspuppe — recall 0595/08

EU Safety Gate (RAPEX) · Germany · 2008-06-06 · Serious risk

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Agency
EU Safety Gate (RAPEX)
Recall identifier
0595/08
Date of alert
2008-06-06
Country / jurisdiction
Germany
Risk level
Serious risk
Risk type
Chemical
Brand
SIMBA® TOYS
Product category
Toys
Product type
Devil puppet
Reported risk: Das Produkt birgt ein chemisches Risiko, da das schwarze Textilteil der Handpuppe "Teufel" 581 mg/kg 4-Aminoazobenzol enthält, ein verbotener Azofarbstoff.
Action taken by the authority
Type of economic operator taking notified measure
Other
Category of measure
Voluntary recall from consumers by the importer
Machine translation. This page was translated automatically from the English record we hold of the issuing authority’s notice. The English original is shown below and the authority’s own notice is linked above — both take precedence over this translation.

Product Name (original English): Devil puppet

Risk Description (original English): The product poses a chemical risk because the black textile part of the "devil" hand puppet contains 581 mg/kg 4-aminoazobenzene which is a banned azo dye.

Primary source: https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/-13647

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