France
TERTELL Strong Shoe Glue, a 60 ml glue for repairing footwear sold in a plastic tube and made in China, is affected. It was recalled because it contains 65.2% 1,2-dichloroethane (a carcinogen if inhaled), lacks required warnings, hazard labels and a child-resistant fastening, and does not comply with REACH and CLP rules. The product has been removed from an online marketplace and consumers are being warned of the risks.
What's being recalled
Glue, intended for repairing footwear, 60 ml.
Packaging: Plastic tube.
Country of origin: People's Republic of China.
How to identify it
Safety Gate alert SR/02637/26
Product name on the item: Strong Shoe Glue
The hazard
The product has an excessive concentration of 1,2-dichloroethane (measured value: 65.2% by weight). 1,2-dichloroethane may cause cancer if inhaled. The product does not display the required warnings and hazard labels and lacks child-resistant fastening. Therefore users are not properly informed about the dangers incurred when the product comes into contact with the skin and eyes.
The product does not comply with the REACH Regulation nor with the Regulation on classification, labelling and packaging (CLP).
What to do
Removal from online marketplace (voluntary, other).
Warning consumers of risks (voluntary, other).
The official notice
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