Chemical

Devil puppet

SIMBA® TOYS

Case number: 0595/08
Category: Toys
Type / Model: 1) Devil hand puppet -
Barcode: 4006592453091; Article No: 458 5088 2) Devil puppet sold as part of a five-piece hand puppet set - Barcode: 4006592 442156; Article No: 458 4215
Audience: Consumer
Notifying country: 🇩🇪 Germany
Country of origin: 🇨🇳 China
Published: 2008-06-06

⚠️ Risk

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.

Measures

Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Voluntary recall from consumers by the importer. Date of entry into force: Unknown

1) The "devil" is packaged individually 2). Hand puppet set with five colourful hand puppets in the form of: "devil", "Punch", "grandma", "princess" and "policeman".The affected "devil" toy is available as an individual product (Article No 458 5088) and the identical item is also available as part of a set (Article No 458 4215).The head is made of soft plastic; skin colour: red; hair and beard: black; eyes: black, yellow and green; teeth and horns: white; mouth: purple. Cape made of black fabric with two red triangles on the front and a felt collar.The affected products are only "old goods" packed in a red and blue box with the number 88881101 printed on the bottom of the packaging beside the words "Made in China".The packaging of current products, which are not affected, has yellow elements. The coat has two different materials 1) shiny stiff material with a red apron 2) matt, black material with red stitching on the front.

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