Herbal foot balm - Biocomfort Heilkräuter-Fussbalsam
Biocomfort
CosmeticsChemical
- Country of origin
- Austria
- Notifying country
- Germany
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- No
What is the danger
The product poses a chemical risk because the herbal foot balm contains high proportion of preserving agents, detected 137 mg/kg (105 mg/kg of 5-Chlor-2-methyl-3 (2H)-isothiazolon and 32 mg/kg of 2-Methyl-3(2H)-isothiazolon) whereas the maximum allowed limit is 15 mg/kg.
Measures taken
- Voluntary withdrawal from the market. Voluntary measuresTaken by: Other
Product
- Description
- White cream in a printed plastic bottle with screw cap, 200 ml.
- Brand
- Model / type
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- 0168/08 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2008-5
- Published
- 7 February 2008
- Corrigendum
- Corrigendum: Notification 0987/07 of week 39 of the year 2007 concerning the teething ring "My First Pooh Rattle" has been temporarily withdrawn until the risk assessment is clarified.
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