Serious riskSerious risk
EU Safety Gate · Report-2009-37
Casual & Comfortable · Scarves
The products pose a chemical risk because they contain banned azo-colourants. The turquoise blue scarf released 51 mg/kg of benzidine and 270 mg/kg of 3,3’-dimethoxybenzidine, which both exceed the limit of 30 mg/kg. The red scarf released 880 mg/kg of benzidine, which exceeds the limit 30 mg/kg. The products do not comply with the REACH Regulation.
- Published
- 25 September 2009
- Notifying authority
- Finland
- 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
- 1263/09
- Model
- 1. Art no. F06441/905, Code: 89133550091 2. Art no. F06439/905, Code: 8913345009
Classification
- Category
- Clothing, textiles and fashion items
- Risk type
- Chemical
- Country of origin
- India
Product description
1. Pleated viscose scarf, colour turquoise blue, size 50 x 180 cm 2. Red viscose scarf, size 50 x 180 cm