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The Spanish Agency for Consumer Affairs, Food Safety and Nutrition included 28 alerts for non-food products in September on its Web.

 

Post: Spanish Agency for Consumer Affairs, Food Safety and Nutrition

Date: 11 septiembre 2017

Section: Consumo

  • Most of these notifications were for Toys and Vehicles and Accessories.
  • For four of these, the possible risk was reported and corrected by the manufacturer; and the remaining units were withdrawn from the market.

In September, the Spanish Agency for Consumer Affairs, Food Safety and Nutrition (AECOSAN) published on its Web 28 notifications received through the Alert Network because they may pose a serious risk to consumers. Of these, 6 were detected at the border and their import rejected, whereas a further 18 were withdrawn from the market and banned from trade.

For the remaining 4, it was the manufacturer who, as required by law, notified the consumer authorities of the existence of possible risks in their products and took the necessary actions to reduce these.

MOST NOTIFIED PRODUCTS

Toys (14), Vehicles and accessories (3) received the highest number of notifications. In the case of toys, due to the special monitoring to which they are subject by the inspection services as they are intended for a vulnerable population and in vehicles and accessories, the monitoring performed by the producers themselves.

The risks posed are the consequence of the irregularities observed.

 

Category

Number of alerts

Toys

14

Vehicles and accessories

3

Lighting

2

Personal protection equipment

2

Children's fashion and accessories

1

Chemical products

1

Small appliances

1

Electrical material

1

PPE footwear

1

DIY and tools

1

 Decorative articles, various

1

 

28

 

 

Country of origin

Number of alerts

China

20

Thailand

2

Unknown

2

Romania

1

Italy

1

 France

1

Spain

1

 

28

 

The list of products and the specifications for each one, together with their photos can be found on theAECOSAN Web page

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