The acquired cohort contains 23 official alert references published from 2005-02-04 to 2016-08-26. This page compares 8 selected, distinct product descriptions, including wax flakes, oil lamp. The other 15 records still contribute to the cohort counts but are not displayed: descriptions may repeat, lack the display inputs, or fall outside the eight-description display limit. The recorded risks raise separate evidence questions about labels/instructions. Compare the product features and dated findings below before scoping an investigation. These historical observations do not determine your product’s compliance or a market failure rate.
Evidence retrieved 2026-10-07. Source versions and topic-specific limits are listed below.
Dated official observations
Compare the product features and reported failure mechanism
The source wording below describes the reported case at that time. Read each complete report before using it in an investigation.
Wax flakes · A12/1052/16
Report published 2016-08-26 · notifying country France · reported origin Unknown
Reported product description
Wax flakes for making candles: 1.5 kg or 0.8 kg container. [1]
Reported risk explanation
null No precise safety instructions are provided. This could lead to incorrect use. The user could receive burns or start a fire. [1]
Reported measures, verbatim
Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): DistributorCategory of measure(s): -Date of entry into force: 04/08/2016 [1]
Report published 2014-02-28 · notifying country Sweden · reported origin Sweden
Reported product description
Oil lamp in glass bottle with tar ropes around. [2]
Reported risk explanation
null The product poses a chemical risk because its design allows easy access to the lamp oil, which may lead small children to drink it. In addition, there are no warnings and instructions for use.The product does not comply with the REACH Regulation and the relevant standard EN 14059. [2]
Reported measures, verbatim
Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the marketDate of entry into force: 28/01/2014 [2]
Report published 2014-02-28 · notifying country Sweden · reported origin People's Republic of China
Reported product description
Oil lamp in shape of a glass bottle in a basket. [3]
Reported risk explanation
null The product poses a chemical risk because the design of the product allows easy access to the lamp oil, which may lead small children to drink it. In addition, there are no warnings and instructions for use.The product does not comply with the REACH Regulation and the relevant standard EN 14059. [3]
Reported measures, verbatim
Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the marketDate of entry into force: 11/12/2013 [3]
Report published 2014-02-21 · notifying country Finland · reported origin People's Republic of China
Reported product description
Oil lamp made of red and transparent glass with metallic burner and filler cap. [4]
Reported risk explanation
null The product may easily break and cause a fire. The product poses also a chemical risk because its design allows easy access to the lamp oil, which may lead small children to drink it. In addition, information and warnings in the package are insufficient.The product does not comply with the REACH Regulation and the relevant standard EN 14059. [4]
Reported measures, verbatim
Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Import rejected at borderDate of entry into force: 18/11/2013 [4]
Report published 2006-06-23 · notifying country United Kingdom · reported origin The Netherlands
Reported product description
Glass and metal decorative oil lamp, square in shape in clear plastic box.Brand, type/number of model: Unknown. [5]
Reported risk explanation
The sample of that product was submitted for testing and found to fail the following requirements of the standard:– wick guard not fitted, wick exposed;– filler cap not secure, a push fit glass tube;– oil leaked freely when lamp tipped over;– no labelling, including nothing about the danger of oil ingestion and what to do if it is accidentally ingested.This product poses a risk of poisoning that can occur following the ingestion of even small quantities of the oil used as fuel. A condition known as lipoid pneumonia may be caused by the entry into a child’s lung by a very small quantity of the oil, as is likely in the event of aspiration following vomiting. Part of the lung may fill with fluid which may then become infected or turn to fibrous tissue. The short term effect is serious breathing difficulty that may result in death. The hazard recognition of this possibility is remote unless clear instructions and warnings are used.The risks associated with fire are obvious, and hazard recognition is good.This product does not comply with the relevant European Standard. [5]
Reported measures, verbatim
Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Voluntary withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers.Date of entry into force: Unknown [5]
Lamps failed parts of the national standards concerning the wick, filler opening, leakage and appeal to children. As a result small children may gain access and ingest the lamp oils. Ingestion of small amounts of lamp oils with certain toxicity characteristics directly from the lamps or via the wick can lead to severe lung damage and even death of small children (ages 1 – 3 years). Missing use instructions, product purchase, and marking/labelling and packaging information. [6]
Reported measures, verbatim
Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Public warning published by authority.Date of entry into force: Unknown [6]
Lamps failed parts of the national standards concerning the wick, filler opening, leakage and appeal to children. As a result small children may gain access and ingest the lamp oils. Ingestion of small amounts of lamp oils with certain toxicity characteristics directly from the lamps or via the wick can lead to severe lung damage and even death of small children (ages 1 – 3 years). Missing use instructions, product purchase, and marking/labelling and packaging information. [7]
Reported measures, verbatim
Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product ordered by the authority.Date of entry into force: Unknown [7]
Lamps failed parts of the national standards concerning the wick, filler opening, leakage and appeal to children. As a result small children may gain access and ingest the lamp oils. Ingestion of small amounts of lamp oils with certain toxicity characteristics directly from the lamps or via the wick can lead to severe lung damage and even death of small children (ages 1 – 3 years). Missing use instructions, product purchase, and marking/labelling and packaging information. [8]
Reported measures, verbatim
Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product ordered by the authority.Date of entry into force: Unknown [8]
23 distinct official alert references, published between 2005-02-04 and 2016-08-26. Counts describe the acquired reports, with no market denominator.
Report year
Recorded alerts
2005
3
2006
4
2012
2
2013
7
2014
6
2016
1
Recorded risk labels within this evidence task
Label combinations are source facts within one comparison; they do not create separate guides with identical preparation tasks.
Burns: 2 recorded references
Burns, Fire: 8 recorded references
Chemical: 9 recorded references
Chemical, Fire: 2 recorded references
Electric shock: 1 recorded references
Fire: 1 recorded references
Source selection, exclusions and calculation method
Filter the acquired, completely parsed English weekly XML releases. Deduplicate official alert references. Group by product category and the complete set of conditional evidence-question topics supported by actual risk text. Risk-label combinations remain recorded cohort facets and do not create buyer intents. Brand, product name, model, origin, notifying country, measurement-only changes and different wording of the same questions do not create intents. Unrecognized mechanisms stay internal for enrichment. Count report years and notifying countries deterministically. Display at most eight newest descriptions with at least 40 characters after whitespace normalization, nonempty reported measures and distinct casefolded descriptions; break date ties by official identifier. All cohort records count even if their description is shorter or not displayed. This is not a representative sample. Counts concern this acquired corpus only.
One acquired version per official public alert reference. Display at most eight newest distinct product descriptions whose normalized whitespace-collapsed text contains at least 40 characters and has nonempty reported measures; ties sort by official identifier. The complete cohort includes shorter descriptions. This is an explicit display selection, not a representative sample.
8 distinct descriptions displayed; 15 cohort records not displayed. Missing fields: {'measures': 2}.
These are selected, dated enforcement observations in the acquired weekly reports, not a random market sample, market-wide failure rate, proof of current product status, or a determination about your product. Notification country is not a complete sales-market or jurisdiction-coverage field. A quoted legal/standard reference is the report’s statement, not independently verified current law or a mandatory test panel.
Calculation safety-gate-evidence-comparison-10; units recorded alerts; no incidence denominator.
Turn the reported failure mechanism into a scoped investigation
Use this checklist to gather your business or product details before speaking with a specialist. The items below explain what to record and suggest useful supporting documents. You can add your own answers in the editable project brief.
Labels, instructions and actual use — what evidence do we have?
Capture the exact label/instruction revision and destination/use context. Compare the information gap described in the report with your own product and current sector requirements, keeping a reported defect separate from a universal wording obligation.
Useful evidence: Current labels/instructions, revision and market/translation records, use/risk information and reviewed applicable requirements.
Can we trace the affected component, formula or design revision across our supplied products?
Compare the reported descriptions with your own identifiers and change records. Treat missing or “Unknown” source fields as unresolved; they do not establish that no action was needed.
Useful evidence: Product identifiers, revision history, supplier/batch traceability and market/operator records.
Who would own an evidence review and any resulting corrective-action decision?
Read the reported measures as historical observations. Establish your own operator roles, sector-specific rules, decision owner and communication responsibilities before adopting another case’s response.
Conditional: Product-risk evidence and operator-role review — Compare the recorded product features and failure mechanism with your product. Confirm the applicable product regime, deciding evidence, operator responsibilities and justified next steps. This does not assume that GPSR or a representative appointment applies to every alert category.
Questions for providers
Which specific product features and reported risk mechanism make these cases relevant or irrelevant to our product?
What current legal, standards or scientific sources support your proposed investigation criteria, and what cannot be concluded from these dated alerts?
Which existing evidence can answer the risk question, what additional work is justified, and who owns any resulting corrective-action decision?
Sources and data dates
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