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Hair dye (Herbal Naturally Black Henna)

Herbal

CosmeticsChemical
Country of origin
India
Notifying country
Germany
Counterfeit
No
Sold online
No
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What is the danger

The product poses a chemical risk because it contains 12% p-phenylenediamine (not more than 2% of p-phenylenediamine may be present in colouring agents for hair dyeing as applied to the hair). p-phenylenediamine has a strong sensitising effect and repeated contact can cause serious skin disorders. The product does not comply with the Cosmetics Directive 76/768/EEC.

Measures taken

  1. Voluntary recall from consumers. Voluntary measuresTaken by: Other

Product

Description
Blue/green printed cardboard box with picture of a woman, containing paper sachets each in turn containing one sealed aluminium-foil sachet, with a further aluminium-foil sachet inside. Olive-coloured powder.
Brand
Herbal
Model / type
batch no ger-10 mfg.dt.: oct. 2009 exp dt.: sep 2012, art. no rks05

Original source

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

Alert number
1949/10 ↗
Weekly report
Report-2010-52
Published
30 December 2010
Corrigendum
Corrigendum Notification 1961/10 has been removed from the RAPEX website pending the clarification of the risk.

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