New Toy safety rules to be imposed by the EU.

anotheoldgit | 11:28 Mon 10th Oct 2011 | News

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http://www.telegraph....-EU-safety-rules.html

Although children have been blowing up balloons for years, they are banned from doing so unless supervised by an adult.

Other safety concerns include the blowing of party whistles.

EU legislation will also impose restrictions on how noisy toys, including rattles or musical instruments, are allowed to be.

All Teddy Bears meant for children under the age of three will now have to be fully washable because EU regulators are concerned that dirty cuddly toys could spread disease and infection.

Seems like the EU regulators after annoying the majority of adults with all their ridiculous rules and regulations over the years, are now interfering with our kids pleasures.

How do our European masters expect to enforce these rather silly rules?

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Zeuhl

/// Who's going to police the blowing up of balloons? ///

Someone needs to.

Inflation is getting out of control.

brionon

It's just advice -like the warnings on Cigarettes-NOT a Ban.

ladybirder

As a child I was blowing up a balloon which burst in my face. I had one black eye and they both swelled up and I couldn't bear to open them for a couple of days. It was so painful and I can't be around anyone blowing up a balloon to this day. I don't remember how old I was but I wasn't very old.

Washable cuddly toys is a good idea, I wouldn't buy one that wasn't.

jake-the-peg

So a child died

and you want to dismiss it as "historic" ( 3 years ago) because it doesn't fit in with your idea of "silly" European rules

I dare say her parents don't think of it that way

emmie

when i washed my teddy, half the stuffing fell out, he was getting on a bit mind.

Gromit

Here is a more recent one. It happens surprisingly often, they ought to do something about it.

http://www.u.tv/news/...6b6-845a-415dfc3260ae

sp1814

Another non-story. The EU isn't banning anything here. It's issued a safety directive. The sheeple to consume these nonsense stories (like the recent 'BBC Bans BC And AD' fairy tale) really ought to know better than to trust everything they read in the papers.