Official recall record
Alob crazy cricket set
- Issuing authority
- OPSS (UK)
- Alert date
- 2023-08-25
- Country of alert
- United Kingdom
- Alert level
- Product Safety Report
- Alert type
- Product safety report
- Brand on record
- ALOB
What the authority reported
The product is supplied with inadequate installation instructions and warnings. There are no The product presents a serious chemical risk as the plastic material from the cricket ball contains excess concentrations of phthalates. The plastic material from the cricket ball contains 0.08 ± 0.004% DBP, 1.14 ± 0.069% DEHP and 0.48 ± 0.029% DIBP. The product therefore exceeds the specified maximum limit of 0.1% by mass of the plasticised material, as the sum of the four phthalates. A young child playing with the toy is exposed to the phthalates which can potentially harm a child’s health via cancer or non-cancer effects. The product also requires improvement to marking and labelling. The product does not meet the requirements of the REACH Regulations 2008 or the Toys (Safety) Regulations 2011.
What to do
Follow the instructions in the official notice — recall remedies (refund, repair, replacement, or disposal) are defined by the issuing authority and the responsible business, and they differ per recall. Do not rely on summaries, including this one.
Record last checked against the registry on 2026-06-05.