EU Safety Gate · Report-2008-15
BICYCLE GEAR · Rubber solution in bicycle repair kit
The product poses a chemical risk because it contains 18.4 m/m% of benzene and more then 50 m/m% of toluene. Benzene is classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic and toxic. Toluene is classified as reprotoxic and harmful. According to the Chemical Restrictions Directive, benzene and toluene are prohibited in consumer products at levels above 0.1%.
- Published
- 18 April 2008
- Notifying authority
- The Netherlands
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
Check the authority measure and original alert.
Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Other. Category of measure(s): Administrative fine ordered by the authorities.. Date of entry into force: Unknown. Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other. Category of measure(s): Stop of sales, withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers by the distributor.. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- 0441/08
- Model
- Item 68327 EAN-code 8711252 683270
- Check-digit validated barcodes
- 8711252683270
Classification
- Category
- Chemical products
- Risk type
- Chemical
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
Product description
64 Pcs Repair Kit. The clear plastic box includes a metal tube containing approx 20 ml of rubber solution. The tube is labelled in 4 languages “Glue-Leim-Lijm-Colle”. The clear plastic box also includes several bicycle spare-parts.