Hair straightening treatment - Acai Professional Smoothing Solution
Brazilian Blowout
CosmeticsChemical
- Country of origin
- United States
- Notifying country
- Ireland
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- No
What is the danger
The product poses a chemical risk because it contains an excessive level of free Formaldehyde (8.8% and 9.5% in two samples). In addition, the list of ingredients, as on the Product Formula and MSDS provided, includes methyldibromo glutaronitrile (MDBG), which should not be present in any cosmetic products. One incident reported. The product does not comply with the Cosmetics Directive 76/768/EEC.
Measures taken
- Voluntary stop of sales and recall of the product by the distributor. Voluntary measuresTaken by: Other
Product
- Description
- 1 litre (34 oz) brown plastic bottle with white lid, white and brown writing and a rust coloured flower picture to front.
- Brand
- Model / type
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- 1578/10 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2010-43
- Published
- 28 October 2010
- Corrigendum
- Corrigendum Notification 1202/10 has been permanently removed from the RAPEX system following additional information on the risk assessment provided by the authorities.
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