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EU Safety Gate · Report-2011-022

SHRINIVAS SUGANDHALAYA · Perfumed incense sticks "Satya Sai Baba Nag Champa

The product poses a chemical risk because the incense sticks release 37 µg/m³ of benzene during and after combustion. Furthermore, the product releases also 52 µg/m³ of toluene during combustion and 44 µg/m³ toluene after combustion. As the product is intended for use in closed environments and not to be dispersed by ventilation, the values for benzene and toluene are to be considered harmful to health.

Published
03 June 2011
Notifying authority
Italy
Catalog checked
30 July 2026
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Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Other. Category of measure(s): Import rejected at border. Date of entry into force: Unknown

Official source alert
Safety Gate reference
0509/11
Model
Code: 8901802001016
Check-digit validated barcodes
8901802001016
Category
Other - -
Risk type
Chemical
Country of origin
India

The article is sold in a blue rectangular cardboard box, to two sides of which is affixed a white label with red lettering in each case, one showing the brand name and the other identifying the manufacturer of the article.