
Scarf
Seppälä
- Country of origin
- India
- Notifying country
- Finland
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- No
What is the danger
The product poses a chemical risk because the scarf's blue colour releases 85 mg/kg of 3,3’-dimethoxybenzidine, which exceeds the limit 30 mg/kg. Levels greater than 30 mg/kg indicate that azocolourants have been used to dye the scarf.
Measures taken
- Import rejected by the customs authorities. Compulsory measuresTaken by: Other
Product
- Description
- Cotton scarf with black-pink-white and blue squares and stripes, size 100 x 100 cm.
- Brand
- Model / type
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- 0262/09 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2009-7
- Published
- 26 February 2009
- Corrigendum
- Corrigenda: Notification 0104/09 of week 3 of 2009 has been removed; according to the national authorities the product does not pose a serious risk to the health and safety of the consumers. Notification 0153/09 from week 4 in 2009 has been updated.
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