Hair colouring product

Gold · Red Henna Kizil

CosmeticsChemical

Country of origin: Türkiye
Notifying country: Germany

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Requirements breached

According to the label, the product contains an ingredient, assumed to be 4-Amino-m-cresol. The substance is only permitted in oxidative hair colouring products with coupler substances and can cause allergic skin reactions and eye irritation. The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulation.

Measures taken

Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures Compulsory measuresTaken by: DistributorIn force from: 14 March 2017
Withdrawal of the product from the market Voluntary measuresTaken by: DistributorIn force from: 16 March 2017

Product

Description: Hair colour product (red powder): 6 plastic sachets of 10g each supplied in a cardboard box.
Brand: Gold
Model / type: Colour code 5
Batch: 8691833395221; KZ002 (packaging) KZ001 (container), expiry date 04/2017

Original source

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

Alert number: A12/0493/17 ↗
Weekly report: Report-2017-016
Published: 31 March 2017
Corrigendum: Notification A11/0046/17 in Report-2017-010 has been updated following new information from the notifying authority concerning the products affected. Notification A12/0212/17 in Report-2017-008 has been withdrawn following a revised risk assessment by the notifying authority.