Hair jewellery and barrettes
Fashion Jewlery · Hårspännen och smycken
JewelleryChemical
- Country of origin
- United Arab Emirates
- Notifying country
- Sweden
- Counterfeit
- No
What is the danger
The test results show that the metal parts of the jewellery contains Lead (measured value up to 9% by weight) and Cadmium (measured value up to 26 % by weight).
Requirements breached
Cadmium is harmful to human health, because it accumulates in the body and can damage organs and it may cause cancer. Lead is harmful to human health, accumulates in the body and may damage fertility, breast-fed children or the unborn child. The products do not comply with the REACH Regulation.
Measures taken
- Import rejected at border Compulsory measuresTaken by: ImporterIn force from: 24 October 2019
- Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures Compulsory measuresTaken by: ImporterIn force from: 24 October 2019
Product
- Description
- Jewellery and barrettes for your hair in gold and silver colour.
- Brand
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- INFO/0142/19 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2019-050
- Published
- 5 December 2019
- Corrigendum
- Notification A12/1208/19 has been withdrawn and unpublished from report n° 2019-32 of 09/08/2019 at the request of the notifying Member State because of new tests results.
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