Eyeshadow palette

The Bronze Palette · EYESHADOW

CosmeticsChemical

Notifying country: Ireland
Counterfeit: No

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What is the danger

The product contains arsenic (measured value up to 4.87 mg/kg), lead (measured value up to 27 mg/kg), nickel (measured value up to 41.8 mg/kg) and chromium VI (measured value up to 43.6 mg/kg).

Requirements breached

Arsenic is carcinogenic, exposure to lead is harmful for human health and can cause irreversible neurotoxicity. Nickel can cause skin irritation and induce sensitisation or elicit allergic responses. Chromium VI is sensitising and may trigger allergic reactions. The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulation.

Measures taken

Destruction of the product Compulsory measuresTaken by: ImporterIn force from: 20 October 2017

Product

Description: White box containing an eyeshadow palette with nine colours.
Brand: The Bronze Palette

Original source

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

Alert number: A12/0206/18 ↗
Weekly report: Report-2018-007
Published: 8 February 2018
Corrigendum: Notification A11/0103/17 in report 2017-029 has been updated to indicate the batch numbers affected. Notification A12/1335/17 from report 2017-040 has been withdrawn at the request of the notifying authority following further tests that show that the product does not pose risk to the health of consumers.