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EU Safety Gate · Report-2016-031

Morgan's Pomade · The Original

The hair pomade contains the dye Solvent Red 23 (CI 26100), Solvent Yellow 33 (CI 47000) and Solvent Green 3 (CI 61565) which may cause allergic skin reactions. The pomade of batch 02044 contains, in addition, lead acetate which is harmful if swallowed or inhaled and may cause damage to organs or the reproductive system through prolonged or repeated exposure. The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulation.

Published
05 August 2016
Notifying authority
Sweden
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): Withdrawal of the product from the market. Date of entry into force: 09/04/2015 · Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Other. Category of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market. Date of entry into force: 02/02/2016 · Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Other. Category of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market. Date of entry into force: Unknown. Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Retailer. Category of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market. Date of entry into force: 03/05/2016

Official source alert
Safety Gate reference
A12/0920/16
Batch
1) batch 020442) batch: 1404000413) batch: 150400056
Category
Cosmetics
Risk type
Chemical
Country of origin
United Kingdom

Hair dye pomade - darkening grey hair. The pomade comes in a brown glass bottle with metal lid; content 50 g. On the bottle there is a bright yellow label with red and black print.