BRUSSELS WARNS OF DRAWSTRING RISK TO CHILD CLOTHING CONSUMERS
February 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union's (EU) RAPEX consumer alert service has reported a spate of sales bans and withdrawals of clothes with drawstrings, because of concerns that they could strangle wearers. Last week RAPEX publicised sales bans in Bulgaria of China-made J.S.J. Kid's children's jackets over hood drawstring concerns, breaching European standards. Bulgarian authorities also ordered a ban on sales of Nini 2005 children's sleeveless jackets, also made in China, for the same reason.
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