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Fancy-dress headband — chemical & choking risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskChemicalChokingNov 20, 2015
Photo from the official notice: Fancy-dress headband — chemical & choking risk
Photo from the official notice: Fancy-dress headband — chemical & choking risk
Photo from the official notice: Fancy-dress headband — chemical & choking risk
Photo from the official notice: Fancy-dress headband — chemical & choking risk
Photo from the official notice: Fancy-dress headband — chemical & choking risk

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

Hazard

The battery compartment is easily accessible and the button batteries could be swallowed by children and cause damage to the gastrointestinal tract or choking.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive and the relevant European standard EN 62115 and EN 71-1.

Measures taken

  • Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures — Other (27/10/2015)

Product description

A black, hard plastic hairband with red plastic horns and internal lights, operated by button batteries. In the centre of the hairband there is a little heart-shaped casing with a black switch at the back to turn on the lights. The product is packed in a sealed, transparent, plastic bag with a label

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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