InfoCons Consumer Protection Alert: Do-it-yourself set for making slime with pieces of glitter.
Name: Sequin Slime
Category: 10
Date: 2025-02-21
Product Category: Toys
Risk Type: Chemical
Danger: The migration of boron from the toy slime is too high (measured value: 2149 mg/kg). Ingestion or contact with an excessive quantity of boron may harm the health of children by damaging the reproductive system. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Toy Safety Directive nor with the European standard EN 71-3.
Measures: Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: DistributorCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the marketDate of entry into force: UnknownType of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: DistributorCategory of measure(s): Warning consumers of the risksDate of entry into force: UnknownType of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: DistributorCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end usersDate of entry into force: Unknown
Description: Do-it-yourself set for making slime with pieces of glitter.
Notifying Country: Slovakia
Country of Origin: People’s Republic of China
Alert Type: Consumer
Alert Level: Serious risk