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Published by Safety Gate 29 Dec 2005In the weekly report of 30 Dec 2005 (week 52, 2005)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 5 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Description
Gardening gloves.Brand: Unknown. Type/number of model: bar code: 68475002411.Description: Gardening gloves, CE, cat. 1, size 10, price €1. One pair of gardening gloves of dark, blue-green fabric with numerous plastic gripping dots and printed fabric back (blue with yellow-red-white flowers), fourchettes of black elastic fabric, black fabric wrist strap.
Risk
The blue-green fabric was made using prohibited azo dyes, which can form one of the carcinogenic amines by splitting of one or more azo groups.The dye Dispers Yellow 23 was found in the main blue-green fabric. This can release the amine 4-aminoazobenzene (CAS number 60-09-3).
Measures
  • Voluntary withdrawal from the market by the retailer
Notifying country
Germany
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0693/05
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2005-52 (XML)
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