EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Cosmetics
Eyeshadow palette SOSU Cosmetics “Peach Dreams” — risk: chemical
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. SR/03371/25
Summary
The product has an excessive concentration of arsenic in some of the shade powder colours (measured value: 0.94 mg/kg in ‘Crème’, 1.2 mg/kg in ‘Sorbet’, and 0.57 mg/kg in ‘Peach’. Arsenic may cause cancer, may damage fertility or the unborn child, causes damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure. The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulation.
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Product
Eyeshadow palette — SOSU Cosmetics
- Brand
- SOSU Cosmetics
- Name / model
- Peach Dreams · SOSU0992
- Batch number(s)
- 20210405
- Barcode
- 5391537262098
- Category
- Cosmetics
- Eyeshadow palette with eight peach-coloured powders. Product sold online, in particular via sosucosmetics.com.
What is the risk?
- The product has an excessive concentration of arsenic in some of the shade powder colours (measured value: 0.94 mg/kg in ‘Crème’, 1.2 mg/kg in ‘Sorbet’, and 0.57 mg/kg in ‘Peach’. Arsenic may cause cancer, may damage fertility or the unborn child, causes damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure. The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulation.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): DistributorCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
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