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1321/07

Cycling gloves carrying the PRO, SHIMANO or SAINT mark

PRO, SHIMANO or SAINT

Country of origin
Pakistan
Notifying country
The Netherlands
Counterfeit
No
Sold online
No
Open the alert on the European Commission website ↗

What is the danger

The product poses a carcinogenic risk because certain gloves contain the aromatic amine benzidine in levels up to 450 mg/kg in the red part of the gloves race red cw7u107334. Risk-assessment based on a worst case exposure scenario resulted in a slight higher risk level than the NRL (negligible risk level) for Benzidine.

Measures taken

  1. Voluntary withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers. Voluntary measuresTaken by: Other

Product

Description
The majority of cycling gloves affected by this corrective action will carry a label showing that they were manufactured in Pakistan. However, some cycling gloves which have no visible label may also be affected by this corrective action. Gloves which carry a label indicating that they were manufactured in a country other than Pakistan are not affected by this recall. The label is located on the inside cuff area of the gloves.
Brand
PRO, SHIMANO or SAINT
Model / type
all cycling gloves manufactured in Pakistan, (and marketed) bearing the PRO, SHIMANO or SAINT mark

Original source

Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.

Alert number
1321/07 ↗
Weekly report
Report-2007-50
Published
20 December 2007

© European Union, Safety Gate · https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/-13018

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