EU Safety Gate · Report-2010-30
HEM · Incense sticks - Camomile - perfumed incense sticks
The product poses a chemical risk because the incense sticks release 82 µg/m³ of benzene during combustion and 88 µg/m³ of benzene after combustion. Furthermore, the product releases also 21 µg/m³ of toluene during combustion and 15 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
- 30 July 2010
- 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 by the customs authorities.. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- 1126/10
- Model
- Unknown
Classification
- Category
- Other -
- Risk type
- Chemical
- Country of origin
- India
Product description
The article is sold in a rectangular green cardboard box with images of white camomile flowers shading into green towards the edges of the box, which are decorated with golden stripes. All sides of the packaging bear the article name (“Camomile – incense sticks”) in a green frame in white and yellow lettering, and the brand logo (HEM in white lettering in a small red oval); at the bottom is the full address of the manufacturer/exporter (HEM Corporation).