Serious riskSerious risk
EU Safety Gate · Report-2014-020
TopCent · Work shoes
The product poses a chemical risk because it contains carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) substances: 750 mg/kg in the insole, 445 mg/kg in the lining and 14 297 mg/kg in the upper, and 555 mg/kg of benzo[a]pyrene in the upper.
- Published
- 23 May 2014
- Notifying authority
- Germany
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
Check the authority measure and original alert.
Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other. Category of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market. Date of entry into force: 04/04/2014
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- A12/0732/14
- Model
- He. Arbeitshalbschuh Work Shoes S1 42-46
- Batch
- 4047834126595
- Check-digit validated barcodes
- 4047834126595
Classification
- Category
- Clothing, textiles and fashion items
- Risk type
- Chemical
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
Product description
Black, low shoes with grey contrast stitching, black plastic upper, black insole and black/grey laces (tested sample: size 44).