EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Clothing, textiles and fashion items
Hairpin — risk: chemical
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/02985/23
Summary
The metallic parts of the blue and yellow product have an excessive concentration of nickel (measured values up to 32.2 µg/cm²/week, 24.4 µg/cm²/week, 14.5 µg/cm²/week, and 24.5 µg/cm²/week, 27.6 µg/cm²/week, and 22.6 µg/cm²/week respectively).Nickel can cause skin irritation, induce sensitisation or elicit allergic responses. This product does not comply with the REACH Regulation
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Product
Hairpin
- Name / model
- Hairpin · JB-W0545-1, JB-W0545-5
- Category
- Clothing, textiles and fashion items
- Fabric-covered metal hairpins.
What is the risk?
- The metallic parts of the blue and yellow product have an excessive concentration of nickel (measured values up to 32.2 µg/cm²/week, 24.4 µg/cm²/week, 14.5 µg/cm²/week, and 24.5 µg/cm²/week, 27.6 µg/cm²/week, and 22.6 µg/cm²/week respectively).Nickel can cause skin irritation, induce sensitisation or elicit allergic responses. This product does not comply with the REACH Regulation
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: ImporterCategory of measure(s): Import rejected at border
- Date of entry into force: 29/06/2023
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