Buy 'safe' toys, shoppers urged

Shoppers should ensure that any toys they buy are marked CE, which indicates that the product conforms to European safety standards, parliamentary secretary Edwin Vassallo said yesterday. Mr Vassallo told a press conference that any manufacturer or...

Shoppers should ensure that any toys they buy are marked CE, which indicates that the product conforms to European safety standards, parliamentary secretary Edwin Vassallo said yesterday.

Mr Vassallo told a press conference that any manufacturer or importer who allowed toys without the CE mark into the market was in breach of the Product Safety Act.

He said officials from the consumer affairs and competition division would carry out inspections in several localities to investigate hazardous toys.

He urged customers who were aware of any such toys to fill in the forms available at hospitals and health centres.

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