{"id":309321,"date":"2025-08-01T13:13:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T13:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/309321\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T13:13:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T13:13:17","slug":"families-issued-urgent-warning-over-fake-labubu-dolls-in-greater-manchester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/309321\/","title":{"rendered":"Families issued urgent warning over fake Labubu dolls in Greater Manchester"},"content":{"rendered":"

They come at a lower price – but authorities say they also come with a risk\"PotentiallyPotentially dangerous fake Labubu dolls have been seized in Bolton(Image: Bolton Council)<\/p>\n

Families are being urged to avoid fake versions of a popular doll after ‘potentially dangerous’ counterfeit toys were seized in Greater Manchester.<\/p>\n

Fake dolls, which are imitations of the popular Pop Mart Labubu brand, have been found to contain loose parts that could pose a choking hazard to young children.<\/p>\n

The dodgy parts include loose eyes, hands and feet on the dolls – while stitching was also found to be loose, exposing filling which could be another choking hazard.<\/p>\n

A warning has been issued this morning (August 1) after a number of these items were seized from shops in Bolton<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The town’s trading standards team says the fake dolls it discovered failed to comply with vital safety regulations – while other trading standards units across the country have seen similar counterfeit goods.<\/p>\n

Coun Hamid Khurram, executive cabinet member for regulatory services on Bolton council, said: “The consumer craze for these dolls has resulted in a lucrative counterfeit market.<\/p>\n

\"SomeSome of the dolls seized by trading standards officers in Bolton(Image: Bolton Council)<\/p>\n

“Children and adults are buying these, and many will be tempted by the lower price of counterfeit versions.<\/p>\n

“These products lack the necessary safety testing and small parts can become loose, posing a choking hazard to young children.”<\/p>\n

Counterfeit dolls which fail to comply with the Toys (Safety) Regulations 2011 do not carry the legally required safety labelling – such as the CE or UKCA mark – or the name and address of a supplier based in the UK.<\/p>\n

Bolton council says the fake dolls are often cheaper than the legitimate products.<\/p>\n

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Genuine Pop Mart Labubu dolls retail at around \u00a313.50, but can cost upwards of \u00a31,000 depending on the specific doll and its rarity.<\/p>\n

Coun Khurram added: “We encourage anyone concerned about the safety of toys they\u2019ve purchased to get in touch with us at trading.standards@bolton.gov.uk”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"They come at a lower price – but authorities say they also come with a riskPotentially dangerous fake…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[279,748,393,4884,2465,485,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-309321","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-bolton","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-manchester","13":"tag-manchester-family","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114953690404648855","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}