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Hair dye – Bigen Hoyu “Permanent Powder Hair Colour”

Serious risk Chemical

Published by Safety Gate 23 Oct 2018In the weekly report of 2 Nov 2018 (week 44, 2018)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 8 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Hair dye
Brand
Bigen Hoyu (2 alerts)
Name
Permanent Powder Hair Colour
Type / model
48 Dark Chestnut
Batch numbers
  • 098 1
  • 4 987205 905483
(official alert record)
Batch as notified
098 1 4 987205 905483
Barcode
4987205905483
Description
Grey powder to dye hair dark brown, in a printed plastic bottle with a screw cap. Sold in a printed cardboard box with a product leaflet.
Risk
The product contains too much p-phenylenediamine and toluene-2,5-diamine sulphate (measured values: up to 4.9% and 4.2% by weight respectively) and an insufficient coupling agent. Uncoupled p-phenylenediamine and and toluene-2,5-diamine sulphate are extremely potent skin sensitisers and may trigger allergic reactions.The product does not comply with the Cosmetics Regulation.
Measures
  • Withdrawal of the product from the market · by the retailer · from 20 Aug 2018
Notifying country
Germany
Country of origin
Thailand
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/1602/18
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Other alerts for Bigen Hoyu

Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/1602/18
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2018-044 (XML)
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