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: vaseline for babies containing an ingredient prohibited in cosmetics.
Baby vaseline
Brand: Lala’s 
Name: Lala’s Baby Nursery jelly
Barcode: 8717931600316
• Country of origin: unknown
• Notifying country: Sweden
Risk type: chemical
The product contains hydroxyisohexyl 3-cyclohexene carboxaldehyde, which is forbidden in cosmetic. It is skin sensitiser and triggers allergic reactions or contact dermatitis.
The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulation.
Measures ordered by economic operators (to retailer): stop of sales.
Sources
• Safety Gate: the EU rapid alert system for dangerous non-food products, Report 2022-03, European Commission, January 21, 2022
