The Spanish Agency for Consumer Affairs, Food Safety and Nutrition included 48 alerts for non-food products in November on its Web
Post: Spanish Agency for Consumer Affairs, Food Safety and Nutrition
Date: 05 diciembre 2017
Section: Consumo
- For seven of these, the possible risk was reported and corrected by the manufacturer; and the remaining units were withdrawn from the market.
- Most of these notifications were for Toys.
In November, the Spanish Agency for Consumer Affairs, Food Safety and Nutrition (AECOSAN) published on its Web 48 notifications received through the Alert Network because they may pose a serious risk to consumers. Of these, 11 were detected at the border and their import rejected, whereas a further 30 were withdrawn from the market and banned from trade.
For the remaining 7, it was the manufacturer who, as required by law, notified the consumer authorities of the existence of possible risks in their products took the necessary actions to reduce these.
MOST NOTIFIED PRODUCTS
Toys (26), children's fashion and accessories (5) and personal protection equipment (5) 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.
The risks posed are the consequence of the irregularities observed.
| Category | Number of alerts |
| Toys | 26 |
| Children's fashion and accessories | 5 |
| Personal protection equipment | 5 |
| Vehicles and accessories | 4 |
| Electrical products | 3 |
| Adult fashion and accessories | 1 |
| Furniture, fittings and household goods | 1 |
| Lighting | 1 |
| DIY and tools | 1 |
| Children's articles | 1 |
| 48 |
| Country of origin | Number of alerts |
| China | 30 |
| Unknown | 6 |
| Spain | 5 |
| Germany | 2 |
| Cambodia | 1 |
| France | 1 |
| India | 1 |
| Italy | 1 |
| Republic of Korea | 1 |
| 48 |
The list of products and the specifications for each one, together with their photos can be found on the AECOSAN Web page