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Disinfectant cleaner - BREF Tornado Gel – BREF

Serious risk Chemical, Damage to sight

Published by Safety Gate 23 Apr 2009In the weekly report of 24 Apr 2009 (week 15, 2009)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 9 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Disinfectant cleaner - BREF Tornado Gel
Brand
BREF
Barcode
9000100541558, 9000100541855
Barcodes listed
9000100541558 (Ocean), 9000100541855 (Citrus) (official alert record)
Barcode as notified
9000100541558 (Ocean), 9000100541855 (Citrus)
Description
Disinfectant cleaner for toilets. Volume: 750 ml, date of manufacture is indicated on the back above the date of expiry. Only the products manufactured from February 2009 to 9 March 2009 are affected.
Risk
The product poses a risk of damage to sight and a chemical risk because, in certain bottles, the child-resistant cap can be too easily opened. Therefore, a child can open the bottle and pour or swallow the cleaner which contains 11.6g/100g hydrogen chloride. Depending on the duration of contact with the product it may cause skin irritation or burns; in case of longer contact it may cause eye injury / damage to sight, internal injury / burns if swallowed. The product does not comply with the regulation 648/2004/EC on detergents.
Measures
  • Voluntary withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers by the manufacturer
Notifying country
Hungary
Country of origin
Hungary
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0534/09Photo 2 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0534/09
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0534/09
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2009-15 (XML)
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