RecallLookupBack to the product checker
Serious riskSerious risk

EU Safety Gate · Report-2007-22

Unknown · Rubber solution in bicycle repair kit

This product poses a chemical risk because it contains a level of benzene which is greater than that allowed in the Chemicals Restrictions Directive 76/769/EEC. Benzene is classified as a Category I carcinogen and it poses a hazard through contact and inhalation.

Published
08 June 2007
Notifying authority
Italy
Catalog checked
30 July 2026
What should you do?

Check the authority measure and original alert.

Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Other. Category of measure(s): Seizure and recall ordered by the authorities. Date of entry into force: Unknown

Official source alert
Safety Gate reference
0506/07
Model
Repair kit: glue, patches and scraper: code 8 00 5476 167761; Complete repair kit: levers, glue, patches and file: code 8 005476 167754
Check-digit validated barcodes
8005476167754 · 8005476167761
Category
Chemical products
Risk type
Chemical
Country of origin
People's Republic of China

Repair kit: enclosed in plastic packaging containing a cardboard card bearing the details of the distributor Auchan S.p.a and the importer. Inside there is a tube on which is printed in orange RED SUN with death's head-inflammable symbols, instructions for use in English only, four patches, a metal file and two rubber tubes. The complete repair kit is a sealed plastic pack containing a cardboard card bearing the details of the distributor Auchan S.p.a and the importer. Inside there is a tube similar to that in the repair kit, four patches, two black plastic levers, a metal file and a little rubber tube.