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Car windscreen washing fluid ALL RIDE “Winter screenwash” — risk: chemical
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/00333/23
Summary
The product has an excessive concentration of methanol (measured value up to 19% by weight).Furthermore, the required hazard pictograms, warnings and child resistant fastener are missing. Users have therefore no information on the risk of being exposed by the content of the mixture. Methanol is acutely toxic to the central nervous system and to the eyes. Ingestion of methanol can lead to blindness or death. The…
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Product
Car windscreen washing fluid — ALL RIDE
- Brand
- ALL RIDE
- Name / model
- Winter screenwash · 13294
- Batch number(s)
- SFS 165 T-31 265 22 1201 04455
- Barcode
- 8711326132949
- Category
- Chemical products
- Blue coloured fluid with lemon fragrance.
What is the risk?
- The product has an excessive concentration of methanol (measured value up to 19% by weight).Furthermore, the required hazard pictograms, warnings and child resistant fastener are missing. Users have therefore no information on the risk of being exposed by the content of the mixture. Methanol is acutely toxic to the central nervous system and to the eyes. Ingestion of methanol can lead to blindness or death. The product does not comply with the REACH Regulation, nor with the Regulation on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (CLP).
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market
- Date of entry into force: 08/02/2023
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Warning consumers of the risks
- Date of entry into force: 08/02/2023
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