Crinkled scarf
Bijou Brigitte
- Country of origin
- India
- Notifying country
- Germany
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- No
What is the danger
The product poses a chemical risk because it contains the carcinogenic aromatic amine benzidine: - the orange threads contains 76.8 mg/kg, - the brown contains 280 mg/kg. The commercial manufacture and treatment of textile and leather products that may come into direct contact with human skin for extended periods must not make use of any azodyes which on cleavage of one or more azo groups could release more than 30 mg/kg of one of the aromatic amines listed in the Annex. Consumer goods not complying with this provision may not be placed on the market.
Measures taken
- Voluntary withdrawal from the market by the importer. Voluntary measuresTaken by: Other
Product
- Description
- Scarf 80 cm x 30 cm, with rubber cross strips at three places along its length, giving it its crinkled form. Colours: bright pink, orange and brown; some pink fringing on one side.
- Brand
- Model / type
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- 0081/08 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2008-4
- Published
- 31 January 2008
- Corrigendum
- Corrigendum Notification 0054/08 of week 3 has been removed (the product does not pose a risk of fire and burns and complies with the Toys Directive and the relevant European standards EN 71 and EN 62115).
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