EU Safety Gate · Report-2008-23
Unknown · Rubber solution in bicycle repair kit.
The product poses a chemical risk because the rubber solution contains 30% of toluene. Toluene is classified as reprotoxic. According to the Chemical Restrictions Directive, toluene is prohibited in consumer products at levels above 0.1%. The product does not comply with the Chemical Restrictions Directive 76/769/EEC.
- Published
- 13 June 2008
- Notifying authority
- Lithuania
- 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 and recall from consumers ordered by the authorities.. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- 0627/08
- Model
- Art. 318656,
- Check-digit validated barcodes
- 4891418303359
Classification
- Category
- Chemical products
- Risk type
- Chemical
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
Product description
Repair kit: the packaging consists of a stiff transparent casing on cardboard, contains hexagonal metal bicycle spanners, metal scraper, 2 tyre valves, rubber patches and 2 small white tubes of RUBBER SOLUTION, marked in English with ideograms of a skull and an orange flame on a white background.