Burns, Fire

Novelty lighter - High-grade lighter

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Case number
1436/09
Category
Lighters
Type / Model
Unknown
Audience
Consumer
Notifying country
🇧🇬 Bulgaria
Country of origin
🇨🇳 China
Published
2009-11-06

⚠️ Risk

This product poses a risk of burns and fire because it is attractive to children, especially under 51 months of age.The product does not comply with the Commission Decision 2006/502/EC prohibiting the placing on the market of novelty lighters.

Measures

Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal from the market, recall from consumers and destruction of products ordered by the authorities.Date of entry into force: Unknown

Lighters with unusual appearance – novelty gas lighters, offered for sale without a label in Bulgarian language, in cardboard boxes, with inscriptions „Smoking sets” and „High-grade lighter”, user instructions and consumer warnings in English - - metal refillable lighter, colour – grey, with a lid, with an image of a penguin, emitting a melody and a red blinking light.