Toothpaste
APATITE · Whitening Toothpaste
CosmeticsChemical
- Country of origin
- Republic of Korea
- Notifying country
- Lithuania
What is the danger
According to the list of ingredients the product contains aminocaproic acid, which use is banned in cosmetic products.
Requirements breached
Aminocaproic acid is an antifibrinolytic drug, which impairs the normal break down of blood clots, increasing the risk thrombocytopenia and posing a risk for persons under anticoagulation therapy. The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulation.
Measures taken
- Withdrawal of the product from the market Compulsory measuresTaken by: Importer
Product
- Description
- Plastic tube containing 130 g of toothpaste. Sold in a blue and white cardboard box.
- Brand
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/1645/19 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2019-044
- Published
- 24 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- Notification A12/1154/19 has been permanently withdrawn from report 2019-31 of 02-08-2019 at the request of the notifying authority following new test results that prove compliance of the product.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 Notification A12/1451/19 has temporarily been unpublished from web report 2019-40 at the request of the notifying authority due to an ongoing investigation.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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