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Abstyle hair-colouring cream safety alert: chemical risk

Hair-colouring cream
Image: Italy via EU Safety Gate

What's being recalled

Hair-colouring cream, 100 ml.

Packaging: Bottle in a cardboard box.

Country of origin: Italy.

How to identify it

Safety Gate alert SR/02989/26

Product name on the item: Sincolor

Type or model: 30066

Barcode: 8057007300666

Batch: 49810919

The hazard

According to the list of ingredients, the product contains 2-(4-tert-butylbenzyl) propionaldehyde (BMHCA), which is prohibited in cosmetic products. BMHCA may harm the reproductive system, may harm the health of the unborn child and may cause skin sensitisation.

The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulation.

What to do

Ban marketing of product (compulsory, distributor).

The official notice

This page is a summary of the notice published by Italy via EU Safety Gate, collected from EU Safety Gate. Check the original before you act on it.

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