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EU Safety Gate · Report-2010-36

Venita · Hair colouring cream - Henna Color - Herbal Colouring Balm with Henna Extract

The products pose a chemical risk because the ingredients include colour index CI 11154 (INCI name-Basic Blue 41), 2-nitro-p-phenylendiamine, which is prohibited in cosmetic products by the Cosmetics Directive 76/768/EEC.

Published
10 September 2010
Notifying authority
Czechia
Catalog checked
30 July 2026
What should you do?

Check the authority measure and original alert.

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
1352/10
Model
Shade of colour:1. 2 Ambre;2. 3 Cerveny pomeranc;3. 4 Henne;4. 5 Paprika;5. 6 Blond venitien titian;6. 7 Copper;7. 8 Rubin;8. 9 Rouge clair / Jasne cerveny;9. 10 Granatove jablko;10. 12 Visen;11. 16 Prune/Divoka svestka;12. 17 Aubergine;13. 18 Black cherry;14. 100 Blond platine Each colour shade is in several batches with numbers of EAN.
Category
Cosmetics
Risk type
Chemical
Country of origin
Poland

Hair colouring cream in 75ml tube, various brown packaging. Click <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/images/rapex/2010-w36/2010-w36_2-1.pdf">here</a> to see all pictures.