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Maines Import & Export GmbH & Co. KG I love You heart-shaped balloons — health risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskOther health riskApr 16, 2021
Photo from the official notice: Maines Import & Export GmbH & Co. KG I love You heart-shaped balloons — health risk
Photo from the official notice: Maines Import & Export GmbH & Co. KG I love You heart-shaped balloons — health risk
Photo from the official notice: Maines Import & Export GmbH & Co. KG I love You heart-shaped balloons — health risk
Photo from the official notice: Maines Import & Export GmbH & Co. KG I love You heart-shaped balloons — health risk
Photo from the official notice: Maines Import & Export GmbH & Co. KG I love You heart-shaped balloons — health risk

Photos from the official notice: EU Safety Gate (European Commission) · image rights

Hazard

The sealed bag with liquid inside the gift contains a highly concentrated citric acid (measured value 392 g per litre, pH 1.05). When opened to induce the chemical reaction with the bicarbonate to inflate the heart, the acid solution can easily get in contact with the skin and eyes, causing eye irritation and skin corrosion. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71-4.

Measures taken

  • Stop of sales — Importer (01/03/2021)
  • Stop of sales — Distributor (24/02/2021)
  • Withdrawal of the product from the market — Importer (01/03/2021)

Product description

Two sealed plastic bags, one inside the other, containing a third bag filled with liquid and a powder.

What should I do?

If you own this product, stop using it and check the official notice for what the seller or authority advises (return, refund, repair or disposal). Measures listed here were reported by national authorities to the EU Safety Gate system.

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