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EU Calls for Ban of Carcinogenic and Toxic Chemicals from Children's Toys
Toys that are "firmly attached" to a food product and which require the food to be eaten before the toy can be accessed, would also be banned.
For the millions of Kinder surprise egg lovers, Verheugen had the good news that these would not be prohibited as "you can open the chocolate and take out the toy."
The European Commission hopes that the new rules, modifying the existing ones agreed in 1988, can be approved by the EU member states and parliament by the end of the year,
European Consumer groups BEUC and ANEC backed the EU's aim to improve toy safety but said the outlined regulations revealed "several important deficiencies."
"We support the Commission's objective to address the problem of dangerous toys but we need much stricter rules, particularly concerning chemical substances in toys," BEUC director general Monique Goyens said in a joint statement.
The groups said the bans on carcinogens and other toxic substances only referred to the accessible parts of toys, and that other problematic substances, including hormone disruptors, were exempt.
They also highlighted a row surrounding the bloc's 'CE' labels, "which consumers wrongly believe to be a safety label."
As this was not the case, they argued the CE marking should only be used on accompanying technical documentation and not the toys themselves.
Source-AFP
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