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EU Safety Gate · Report-2011-002

Afrin's · Henna hair dye “Afrin´s Supreme Red Henna”

The product poses a chemical risk because it contains 1.9% of the oxidation hair dye 2-Nitro-p-phenylendiamine which is prohibited in the production and processing of hair dyes by the Cosmetics Directive 76/768/EEC.

Published
14 January 2011
Notifying authority
Germany
Catalog checked
30 July 2026
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Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other. Category of measure(s): Voluntary withdrawal from the market.. Date of entry into force: Unknown

Official source alert
Safety Gate reference
0021/11
Model
EXP DT.: Sep 2012, GER-10, MFG.DT.: Oct. 2009
Category
Cosmetics
Risk type
Chemical
Country of origin
India

Henna hair dye. Blue/green printed cardboard box showing a picture of a woman and containing paper sachets, each of which contains one sealed aluminium foil sachet enclosing a further aluminium foil sachet and powder.