Hair colouring product

Sta-sof-fro · Permanent Powder Hair Colour

CosmeticsChemical

Country of origin: South Africa
Notifying country: Germany
Counterfeit: No

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Requirements breached

The hair dyes contain sodium perborate. Sodium perborate in high doses is toxic and it may damage fertility or the unborn child. The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulation.

Measures taken

Withdrawal of the product from the market Voluntary measuresTaken by: RetailerIn force from: 17 March 2016

Product

Description: Hair dye in a brown glass bottle with a black lid, supplied in a beige and brown cardboard box with a package leaflet and measuring beaker. Sodium perborate is included in the list of ingredients.
Brand: Sta-sof-fro
Model / type: 1) Black - 600602) Jet Black - 600633) Brown black - 600614) Medium Chestnut - 600645) Auburn - 60062
Batch: 1) 50178570403682) 50178570406103) 50178570406244) 50178570406275) 5017587040638

Original source

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

Alert number: A12/0557/16 ↗
Weekly report: Report-2016-018
Published: 2 May 2016
Corrigendum: Notification A12/0450/16 from Report 15 has been modified at the request of the notifying authority in order to make a small correction to the Type Number of the product. Notification A12/0501/16 has been permanently removed from Report 2016-017 as the product had already been published in Report 2015-047 (see notification A12/1484/15).