Every week, dedicated European portals (Safety Gate for the European Union, Safety Database for the United Kingdom) list the non-compliant and/or dangerous products detected on the market by the control authorities. Here are the cosmetic products that are subject to a recall or a marketing ban this week: a body butter that may contain small pieces of glass.
Body cream
Brand: Weleda
Name: Skin Food Body Butter
Barcode: 4001638526708
Batch number: G0613
Number of model: Nr. 6391 / PZN 14026434 (D) / PZN 4828782 (A)
• Country of origin: Germany
• Notifying country: Germany
Risk type: Cuts
Glass fragments may be left on the bottom of the glass jar. Users may inadvertently take them and risk cuts on the skin (hands, body).
The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulation.
Measures ordered by economic operators: Destruction of the product - Withdrawal of the product from the market - Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures
Source
• Safety Gate: the EU rapid alert system for dangerous non-food products, Report 2021-15, European Commission, April 16, 2021