After 8-year-old injured in game: Ministry of Economy warns of metal Pokemon cards - Walla! news

2022-01-06T19:50:06.723Z

A child was injured in the palm of his hand and needed stitches, the Ministry of Economy and Industry issued a warning to all parents and educational staff: "The cards pose an unreasonable risk of injury." The ministry began investigating how the product was imported and warned - there is a suspicion that the cards do not meet the requirements of the standard

After 8-year-old injured in game: Ministry of Economy warns of metal Pokemon cards

The ministry began investigating how the product was imported and warned - there is a suspicion that the cards do not meet the requirements of the standard

Between Ashkenazi

06/01/2022

Thursday, 06 January 2022, 18:35 Updated: 18:50

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"Unreasonable risk."

Metallic Pokemon card (Photo: Official Website, Ministry of Economy and Industry)

The Ministry of Economy and Industry today (Thursday) issued a warning notice against playing with metal "Pokemon" cards.

According to the office's standardization commissioner, Igor Dusklowitz, an eight-year-old boy was injured in the palm of his hand and needed stitches due to the game - and therefore wants to "immediately stop the children's use of the product."

The warning was issued by the ministry to the parents and the educational staff.

After receiving the report of the injury, the Ministry of Economy and Industry began investigating how the product was imported, along with tests of several models of the metal playing card.

An initial examination of the Pokemon cards revealed that "the metal edges on the cards pose an unreasonable risk of injury such as a deep skin cut".

In addition, not all of the importer and manufacturer's details were marked on the cards, in violation of the Standards Act - and there is a suspicion that the cards do not meet the standard requirements in even more severe sections.