EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Cosmetics
Hair dye Creme of Nature “Colors” — risk: chemical
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0918/16
Summary
null The product contains o-aminophenol according to the list of ingredients. O-aminophenol is harmful if swallowed or inhaled. The product has no appropriate labelling and lacks the required warnings, thus users are not sufficiently informed of the dangers of the product.The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulation.
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Product
Hair dye — Creme of Nature
- Brand
- Creme of Nature
- Name / model
- Colors · Golden Brown 7.31
- Batch number(s)
- 7.31L473
- Category
- Cosmetics
- Permanent hair colour. The product comes in an orange cardboard box with a photo print.
What is the risk?
- null The product contains o-aminophenol according to the list of ingredients. O-aminophenol is harmful if swallowed or inhaled. The product has no appropriate labelling and lacks the required warnings, thus users are not sufficiently informed of the dangers of the product.The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulation.
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: 09/04/2015
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Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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