Roskachestvo to check Labuba toys for safety

Roskachestvo is launching a study of Labuba toys, which have unexpectedly become a hit in recent weeks, the organization told Izvestia. Currently, its experts have begun to study the Russian market and select samples: goods will be purchased at retail, including on marketplaces. Roskachestvo said that the Labuba are called sharp—toothed cute monsters on the Web - these are toys of different colors and models, and judging by the search results, keyring toys are particularly popular, they said.

Despite her ambiguous or contradictory appearance, Labubu is a cheerful elf girl who loves adventures, Roskachestvo emphasized. And although she is considered a monster, in reality the character is claimed to be evil, they explained.

The organization's research will be aimed at studying the documents that must necessarily accompany the products, such as certificates of state registration, documents on participation in the Honest Mark labeling system. Sellers will also have to provide Roskachestvo with the results of laboratory tests according to safety and quality criteria. Experts also plan to study the quality of hinges and other toy elements.

"Prices for these toys vary critically depending on the place of purchase, the seller and the manufacturer. An original toy can cost about 10 thousand rubles or more, whereas on marketplaces you can find analogues for 500 rubles, one thousand and three. But so far we do not have an answer to the main question: do these products, mainly analogues and replicas, meet the safety requirements," Roskachestvo said.

Based on their past experience, the organization said that the Labuba can be sold not as children's toys, but as souvenirs. This workaround allows products to escape the mandatory requirements of the technical regulations on toy safety. Consequently, Roskachestvo stressed, the safety requirements necessary for the "child's play" category, including product toxicity, will not be applied to them. This was the case, for example, with another popular product, the Huggy Waggy doll.

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