EU Safety Gate · Report-2007-50
PRO, SHIMANO or SAINT · Cycling gloves carrying the PRO, SHIMANO or SAINT mark
The product poses a carcinogenic risk because certain gloves contain the aromatic amine benzidine in levels up to 450 mg/kg in the red part of the gloves race red cw7u107334. Risk-assessment based on a worst case exposure scenario resulted in a slight higher risk level than the NRL (negligible risk level) for Benzidine.
- Published
- 21 December 2007
- Notifying authority
- The Netherlands
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
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Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other. Category of measure(s): Voluntary withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers. . Date of entry into force: Unknown
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- 1321/07
- Model
- all cycling gloves manufactured in Pakistan, (and marketed) bearing the PRO, SHIMANO or SAINT mark
Classification
- Category
- Hobby/sports equipment
- Risk type
- Chemical
- Country of origin
- Pakistan
Product description
The majority of cycling gloves affected by this corrective action will carry a label showing that they were manufactured in Pakistan. However, some cycling gloves which have no visible label may also be affected by this corrective action. Gloves which carry a label indicating that they were manufactured in a country other than Pakistan are not affected by this recall. The label is located on the inside cuff area of the gloves.