HEM · Incense sticks - Muschio Bianco

The product poses a chemical risk because 5 mg/m³ of benzene was detected in the area around the stick, which corresponds approximately to 1.25 mg/day, which is close to the critical level of concentration estimated in the risk assessment for benzene according to Regulation 793/93.

Published: 11 December 2009
Notifying authority: Italy
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): Import rejected by the authorities.. Date of entry into force: Unknown

Official source alert

Product identification

Safety Gate reference: 1594/09
Check-digit validated barcodes: 8901810001909

Classification

Category: Chemical products
Risk type: Chemical
Country of origin: India

Product description

Incense sticks in a cardboard box marked "HEM White Musk, Muschio Bianco, Incense Sticks; Hand Rolled in India".