
Hair dye
MAYURI HENNA · Premium Quality Henna Powder
- Country of origin
- India
- Notifying country
- Slovenia
What is the danger
The final product contains an excessive amount of p-phenylenediamine (PPD)(measured value: 9.8 %). PPD is an extreme skin sensitiser and can trigger allergic contact dermatitis.
Requirements breached
Additionally, the product contains an excessive amount of aerobic mesophilic bacteria (measured value: 30000 cfu/g). If used on damaged skin or if the product comes in contact with the eyes it may cause infection or irritation. The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulation.
Measures taken
- Recall of the product from end users Voluntary measuresTaken by: ImporterIn force from: 16 October 2019
Product
- Description
- 30 g of hair colouring powder sold in a green plastic pouch.
- Brand
- Model / type
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/1609/19 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2019-044
- Published
- 23 October 2019
- Corrigendum
- Notification A12/1154/19 has been permanently withdrawn from report 2019-31 of 02-08-2019 at the request of the notifying authority following new test results that prove compliance of the product. The brand name in notification A12/1393/19 of report 2019-39 has been corrected at the request of the notifying authority. Notification A12/1451/19 has temporarily been unpublished from web report 2019-40 at the request of the notifying authority due to an ongoing investigation. The category in notifications A12/1638/19 and A12/1641/19 has been changed from "Cosmetics" into "Chemical Products" after agreement with notifying authority. An additional distributor and the related voluntary measures have been added to A12/1641/19 on request of the notifying authority. In agreement with the notifying authority the products in notifications A12/16438/19 and A12/1641/19 have been changed to product not of professional use.
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