0725/05
- Case number
- 0725/05
- Category
- Decorative articles
- Audience
- Consumer
- Notifying country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Country of origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Published
- 2006-01-13
⚠️ Risk
Lamps failed parts of the national standards concerning the wick, filler opening, leakage and appeal to children. As a result small children may gain access and ingest the lamp oils. Ingestion of small amounts of lamp oils with certain toxicity characteristics directly from the lamps or via the wick can lead to severe lung damage and even death of small children (ages 1 – 3 years). Missing use instructions, product purchase, and marking/labelling and packaging information.
Measures
Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product ordered by the authority.Date of entry into force: Unknown