The Spanish Agency for Consumer Affairs, Food Safety and Nutrition included 14 alerts for non-food products in October on its Web.
Post: Spanish Agency for Consumer Affairs, Food Safety and Nutrition
Date: 10 noviembre 2017
Section: Consumo
- Most of these notifications were for Toys and Electrical Products.
In October, the Spanish Agency for Consumer Affairs, Food Safety and Nutrition (AECOSAN) published on its Web 14 notifications received through the Alert Network because they may pose a serious risk to consumers. Of these, 1 were detected at the border and their import rejected, whereas a further 13 were withdrawn from the market and banned from trade
MOST NOTIFIED PRODUCTS
Toys (5), and Electrical products (4) 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 |
5 |
| Electrical products |
4 |
| Vehicles and accessories |
1 |
| Other products |
1 |
| Children's fashion and accessories |
1 |
| Personal protection equipment |
1 |
| Decorative articles, various |
1 |
|
14 |
|
Country of origin |
Number of alerts |
| China |
12 |
| United Kingdom |
1 |
| Thailand |
1 |
|
14 |
The list of products and the specifications for each one, together with their photos can be found on the AECOSAN Web page