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Published by Safety Gate 7 Sep 2006In the weekly report of 8 Sep 2006 (week 35, 2006)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 8 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Description
Children’s 100% cotton briefs “Emilia”
Risk
This product poses a chemical risk to consumers since it contains carcinogenic aromatic amines benzidine (measured value 431 mg.kg-1) and 3,3-dimethoxybenzidine (measured value 1288 mg.kg-1) prohibited under Limitations Directive 76/769/EEC.
Measures
  • Voluntary withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers by the distributor and the supplier. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Notifying country
Slovakia
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0564/06
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0564/06
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2006-35 (XML)
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