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MUNDO BAZAR lighters — burns & fire risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskBurnsFireOct 24, 2008

Hazard

The product poses a risk of burns and fire because the lighter does not include a device making it child-resistant, as required by Commission Decision 2006/502/EC ensuring that only lighters which are child-resistant are placed on the market and prohibiting the placing on the market of novelty lighters.

Measures taken

  • Withdrawal from the market ordered by the authorities — Other

Product description

Two novelty lighters, which can also be used as torches, which operate irregularly and which contain no child safety mechanism. The lighters are presented in display boxes on which there are no instructions for the safe and correct use of the product.

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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