EU Safety Gate · Report-2010-46
RED SUN · Bicycle tyre repair kit
The product poses a chemical risk because it contains 54.4% by weight of benzene. The product does not comply with the REACH Regulation.
- Published
- 19 November 2010
- Notifying authority
- Italy
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
Check the authority measure and original alert.
Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Other. Category of measure(s): Seizure of the products by the authorities.. Date of entry into force: Unknown. Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other. Category of measure(s): Voluntary withdrawal from distributors and suppliers by the importer.. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- 1699/10
- Check-digit validated barcodes
- 8033928925843
Classification
- Category
- Chemical products
- Risk type
- Chemical
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
Product description
Each package comprises secondary cardboard packaging bearing promotional information and/or warnings stamped onto a red background, white lettering on blue at the front, and white lettering on a yellow background around the edges, on the bottom and at the back of the packaging, reading as follows (in Italian): “Bicycle Tyre Repair Kit - Best Accessories - Practical, Useful, High Quality”. Inside the package is a small tube, presumably made of aluminium, bearing the words “RED SUN” printed in orange on a white background. The package also contains four patches for inner tubes and a small metal file.