BRUSSELS WARNS OF SPATE OF DANGEROUS FAKE CONFECTIONERY PRODUCTS
April 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union's (EU) rapid alert service for dangerous products has warned of a spate of imports of realistic fake confectionery and sweet desserts which could choke children and visually impaired consumers.
This warning from the RAPEX agency follows the discovery of in Denmark of scented candles made in China, that not only look like confectionery they smell like it. RAPEX has warned consumer protection authorities around the EU of these dangerous products. And although their import by a Danish company has now been voluntarily suspended, ...
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