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Trade 59 products recalled hazardous facilities in the municipality (17/08/2009)

Pacifiers, strollers, curling hair, lights, costumes and shoes are some of the objects removed by the Department of Commerce, run by Antonio Castillo, in the first half of the year in Murcia facilities for deficiencies that could pose risks health or safety.

Between January and June, the City of Murcia has followed up to 59 products on which the National Consumer Institute gave the warning.

These warnings were met by 154 inspections, which got 71 recall items unsuitable for use or consumption within the parameters of Community law.

Considering the number of actions, we stopped the sale of 18 types of toys, adult clothes, 12, 10 kinds of small household appliances, 7 lights, 6 childcare articles, 2 of kitchenware and the rest, sports and leisure equipment sports, children's clothing and electrical equipment.

The causes of action to remove these products from the market were risk of skin allergy, choking, wounds, trapping fingers, electric shock, possible carcinogenic effects, bottlenecks, skin irritation, injury, burns and chemical risk.

Among the objects were located sets of pacifiers, strollers, shoes, sports clothing and boots, curling hair, fancy dress fairy, princess, polar bear and clown with felt paper dolls, spinning tops, extension cord 3 meters that were of security risk for overheating, desk lamps, European adapters and toasters.

Once detected these products act on the manufacturer, importer or distributor for the European Union.

After obtaining a commitment to return all units of product, the manufacturer, importer or supplier must provide the list of clients who have acquired to expand the relevant proceedings.

Between January and June have been overcome and action alerts from around the year 2008, in six months there have been more than doubled throughout 2008: 33 alerts and 69 performances in 2008 compared to 59 alerts and 154 performances in 2009 -.

This is the third year that the city of Murcia shared with the regional administration in the region these skills to locate and recall of objects that can be dangerous to consumers.

Thus, the municipal inspection service carried out actions to recall the products considered unfit for marketing by the danger they pose to users and consumers.

Inspectors of the inspection service of the City of Murcia consumption made visits to places of wholesale and retail distribution in which there is evidence that these products are sold.

His performance is to detect how much items are on the premises, inform the holder of the danger of their use or consumption, and its obligation to withdraw from the sale.

The documentation produced in-house alert records, reports, product return packing slips, invoices, proceedings and hearings) is submitted to the Department of Consumer Affairs of the Autonomous Region, where he continued the proceedings.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia

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