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Hair dye – Color Mate “Hair Color”

Serious risk Chemical

Published by Safety Gate 24 Jan 2019In the weekly report of 1 Feb 2019 (week 5, 2019)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 9 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Hair dye
Brand
Color Mate
Name
Hair Color
Type / model
Light Brown 9.7
Batch numbers
8 906016 050843 Batch Number: 07 (official alert record)
Batch as notified
8 906016 050843Batch Number: 07
Barcode
8906016050843
Description
Hair dye powder (light brown colour), packed in an aluminium sachet containing 15 g. Sold in a printed cardboard box containing 5 sachets.
Risk
The product contains barium (measured value: 13.6 % by weight) as peroxide.Barium peroxide is corrosive and irritant. Barium can be absorbed from the dye and have toxic effects on kidney and heart. The product contains too much p-aminophenol (measured value: 13.6% by weight, final calculated concentration: 3.8%) and insufficient coupling agent.Uncoupled p-aminopohenol is a strong skin sensitiser and may trigger allergic skin reactions.The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulation.
Measures
  • Destruction of the product · ordered on the retailer · from 9 Nov 2018
Notifying country
Germany
Country of origin
India
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/0173/19
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2019-005 (XML)
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