Naphthalene mothballs
Panda · Boules de naphtaline
Chemical productsChemical
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- France
- Sold online
- No
What is the danger
The product contains naphthalene, which is not authorised to be used in biocides. Naphthalene is irritant if inhaled or in contact with skin and might cause cancer. In addition, the product is not correctly labelled and the consumer is not informed of the risks.
Requirements breached
The product does not comply with the Biocidal Products Regulation nor with the Regulation on the classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (CLP).
Measures taken
- Recall of the product from end users Voluntary measuresTaken by: DistributorIn force from: 17 March 2023
Product
- Description
- Naphthalene balls
- Packaging
- Plastic bag
- Brand
- Barcode
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/00842/23 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2023-16
- Published
- 18 April 2023
- Modified
- 18 April 2023
- Corrigendum
- At the request of the notifying authority, notification A12/00872/23 has been withdrawn as a duplication of A12/00787/23.
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