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A12/0046/198 January 2019

Leather gloves

Yimei

Clothing, textiles and fashion itemsChemical

Country of origin: People's Republic of China
Notifying country: Estonia
Counterfeit: No

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What is the danger

The amount of chromium (VI) in the leather is too high (measured value 24.4 mg/kg).

Requirements breached

Chromium (VI) is sensitising and may trigger allergic reactions. The product does not comply with the REACH Regulation.

Measures taken

Recall of the product from end users Compulsory measuresTaken by: RetailerIn force from: 2 January 2019

Product

Description: Ladies' dark red leather gloves with button.
Brand: Yimei
Model / type: 8 1/2

Original source

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

Alert number: A12/0046/19 ↗
Weekly report: Report-2019-003
Published: 8 January 2019
Corrigendum: Corrigendum: Notification A12/1579/18 from Report-2018-044 has been updated to indicate the models affected and correct the country of origin.

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