What compliance risk sits behind a very cheap PVC soft bait?
Short answer
PVC is where the chemical alerts land. EU Safety Gate alert INFO/00134/24, notified by Sweden on 6 December 2024, found a yellow PVC fishing soft plastic carrying cadmium and bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate at measured values up to 0.02% and 49% by weight respectively, ruled the product non-compliant with the REACH Regulation, and the distributor was banned from marketing it.
In detail
That is a marketing ban on a distributor rather than a fine on a factory. Ask for the plasticiser identity and a test report per color, and note that Rapala lists its PVC soft baits as phthalate-free.
The numbers behind this answer
| Material route | What the published description says | What it changes in a multi-pack |
|---|---|---|
| 3D-printed body or printed mould | Our catalog carries a 3D-printed PVC flying fish soft lure quoted at US$3.75 to US$3.85 per piece at MOQ 100 (our sampled listings) | A print route suits short runs and shapes a mould cannot justify, but at that unit price it sits at the top of our soft-lure sample rather than in the value tier |
| Tail type | How the bait moves | What to fix on the order |
|---|---|---|
| T-tail or broad paddle | A broad tail sweeps side to side, and the maker's caution is that a swimbait needs a firmer tail section to roll and a too-soft tail leaves it with no action, while a too-stiff tail rolls the lure onto its side (Outdoor Canada) | Tail shore hardness as well as tail shape, because on a paddle the formula and the cut are one decision (our 18.5 cm T-tail listing) |
Where this answer comes from
Part of the product record Fork-tail soft plastics: the multi-pack value tier (Soft lures). The record carries the tables this answer is drawn from, the fields a factory needs before quoting, and an explicit list of what has not been verified.
Products that solve this
Sampled listings from the same product family (Soft lures). Reference price per unit with the MOQ stated; a quotation against your specification governs a transaction.
All soft lure listings · factory identity is released after a trade account is approved.
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