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EU Safety Gate · Report-2010-18

Lakmé. · Hair treatment products

The products pose a chemical risk because they contain bishydroxyethyl biscetyl malonamide, which is banned under the Cosmetics Directive 76/768/EEC.

Published
07 May 2010
Notifying authority
Portugal
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): Sales ban and withdrawal from the market ordered by the authorities.. Date of entry into force: Unknown

Official source alert
Safety Gate reference
0745/10
Model
1. Teknia Straight Treatment, 250 ml, batch numbers previous to 08001; Teknia Straight Treatment, 1000 ml, batch numbers previous to 09001.2. Teknia Color Stay Treatment, 250 ml, batch numbers previous to 07005; Teknia Color Stay Treatment, 1000 ml, batch numbers previous to 08005.3. Teknia Sun Care Intense Treatment, 250 ml, batch numbers previous to 08001.
Category
Cosmetics
Risk type
Chemical
Country of origin
Spain

1. Product for treating straightened hair: 250 ml, grey tube with black and violet lettering; 1000 ml, grey cylindrical container with black and violet lettering. 2. Product for treating coloured hair: 250 ml, grey tube with black and pink letters; 1000 ml, grey cylindrical container with black and pink lettering.3. Product for treating sun-damaged hair: 250 ml, orange tube with black and orange lettering.