Hair dye
Bigen Hoyu · Permanent Powder Hair Colour
CosmeticsChemical
- Country of origin
- Thailand
- Notifying country
- Germany
- Sold online
- Yes
What is the danger
The product contains too much p-phenylenediamine and toluene-2,5-diamine sulphate (measured values: up to 4.9% and 4.2% by weight respectively) and an insufficient coupling agent.
Requirements breached
Uncoupled p-phenylenediamine and and toluene-2,5-diamine sulphate are extremely potent skin sensitisers and may trigger allergic reactions. The product does not comply with the Cosmetics Regulation.
Measures taken
- Withdrawal of the product from the market Voluntary measuresTaken by: RetailerIn force from: 20 August 2018
Product
- Description
- Grey powder to dye hair dark brown, in a printed plastic bottle with a screw cap. Sold in a printed cardboard box with a product leaflet.
- Brand
- Model / type
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/1602/18 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2018-044
- Published
- 23 October 2018
- Corrigendum
- Notification A12/1511/18 from Report-2018-042 has been updated to modify the name, type and model.
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