{"id":19312,"date":"2026-02-05T11:48:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T11:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/?p=19312"},"modified":"2026-02-05T11:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T11:50:11","slug":"product-recall-on-hobbycraft-giant-box-of-craft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/product-recall-on-hobbycraft-giant-box-of-craft\/","title":{"rendered":"Product recall on Hobbycraft giant box of craft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) has issued a Product Recall to warn about a safety risk associated with the Hobbycraft Giant Box of Craft (PSD case number 2601-0364).<\/p>\n<p>The recall relates to vials of coloured sand included in the product, which may be contaminated with asbestos, a banned substance that poses a health risk even at\u00a0very low\u00a0levels of exposure. The product does not meet the requirements of the General Product Safety Regulations 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Consumers are\u00a0advised to stop\u00a0using the product\u00a0immediately\u00a0and keep it out of the reach of children.\u00a0If the sand has been used,\u202fclean up\u202fsites where the product was used using wet cloths to avoid generating dust. Wear gloves\u202fand a mask.\u202fDouble\u202fbag the sand, gloves,\u00a0mask\u00a0and cloths.\u202f\u202fKeep children and other people away from areas where the sand has been used until the area has been cleaned.<\/p>\n<p>Retailers and childcare providers are encouraged to share this recall with parents and carers to reduce the risk of harm and the recall notice includes instructions on how to either dispose of the product or return it safely to: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/product-safety-alerts-reports-recalls\/product-recall-hobbycraft-giant-box-of-craft-2601-0364\" rel=\"noopener\">Product Recall: Hobbycraft Giant Box of Craft (2601-0364) &#8211; GOV.UK<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) has issued a product recall to warn about a safety risk associated with the Hobbycraft Giant Box of Craft (PSD case number 2601-0364).\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":649,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-updates"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-14 13:55:09","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/649"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19312"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19314,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19312\/revisions\/19314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}