EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Cosmetics
Bath and shower gel “Children's Bath & Shower gel Duck” — risk: microbiological
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/1489/19
Summary
The product contains an excessive amount of aerobic mesophilic bacteria (measured values up to: 260 000 cfu/g) among which Burkholderia cepacia. Burkholderia cepacia is resistant to antibiotics and if ingested, inhaled or touched by immunocompromised users or persons suffering cystic fibrosis, could lead to systemic infection or be fatal.The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulation.
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Product
Bath and shower gel
- Name / model
- Children's Bath & Shower gel Duck · Order N0 180388Article N0 3098301
- Batch number(s)
- 9002422105661 9002422106804
- Category
- Cosmetics
- 50 ml of yellow gel in a printed, duck-shaped plastic film.
What is the risk?
- The product contains an excessive amount of aerobic mesophilic bacteria (measured values up to: 260 000 cfu/g) among which Burkholderia cepacia. Burkholderia cepacia is resistant to antibiotics and if ingested, inhaled or touched by immunocompromised users or persons suffering cystic fibrosis, could lead to systemic infection or be fatal.The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulation.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): RetailerCategory of measure(s): Warning consumers of the risks
- Date of entry into force: 11/09/2019
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): RetailerCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: 11/09/2019
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): RetailerCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market
- Date of entry into force: 11/09/2019
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): RetailerCategory of measure(s): Destruction of the product
- Date of entry into force: 11/09/2019
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