EU Safety Gate · Report-2008-16
TOOL MASTER · Rubber solution in a bicycle repair kit
The product poses a chemical risk because the benzene content is higher than that permitted under the Chemical Restriction Directive 76/769/EEC. Given that benzene is classified as a Category I carcinogen, the risk is posed by contact and inhalation.
- Published
- 25 April 2008
- Notifying authority
- Italy
- 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): Withdrawal from the market ordered by the authorities.. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- 0460/08
- Model
- Barcode 5060051774904
- Check-digit validated barcodes
- 5060051774904
Classification
- Category
- Chemical products
- Risk type
- Chemical
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
Product description
Repair kit consisting of two black plastic caps, two metal levers, one hexagonal spanner, four tube patches, one metal file, one tube containing the mastic bearing the words “RED SUN”, and ideograms of a skull and crossbones and an orange flame on a white background. On the back of the packaging are instructions written in English. There are no instructions in Italian.