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Friday, March 21, 2014Products

Recalls of products - March 21, 2014

© L'Observatoire des Cosmétiques

Nail art products… You may have them in your cupboards. Maybe, you use them, still. Beware: they are dangerous, illegal, harmful… and are the subject of a recall or ban by the European sanitary authorities. Underneath, you may find all the cosmetic products targeted by the RAPEX alert system this week.

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Acrylic Liquid - Purple
(Liquid for nail art)

Brand : XO

Barcode : 5060219230884
Batch number: LIQ-002305
Manufacturing date : 0413

Country of origin : United States

Notifying country : Germany

Danger : The product is made of methyl methacrylate (100%), which has a high sensitisation/allergenic potential and can result in damages to nails and/or hands which can last for years. The BfR [German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment] in its Opinion No 014/2012 of 22 December 2011  classifies concentrations of 80- 90 % methyl methacrylate in nail art substances as hazardous to health.

Measures adopted: Withdrawal of the product from the market.

Liquid Monomer

(Liquid for nail art)

Brand : NaiLexus

Identification number : Charge Nr. 3F-0603-A-120

Country of origin : United States

Notifying country : Germany

Danger : The product is made of methyl methacrylate (100%), which has a high sensitisation/allergenic potential and can result in damages to nails and/or hands which can last for years. The BfR [German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment] in its Opinion No 014/2012 of 22 December 2011  classifies concentrations of 80- 90 % methyl methacrylate in nail art substances as hazardous to health.

Measures adopted: Withdrawal of the product from the market,

Liquid Monomer

(Liquid for nail art)

Brand : NaiLexus

Identification number : 3F-0925-A-130

Country of origin : United States

Notifying country : Germany

Danger : The product contains a high amount of methyl methacrylate (96%), which has a high sensitisation/allergenic potential and can result in damages to nails and/or hands which can last for years. The BfR [German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment] in its Opinion No 014/2012 of 22 December  2011 classifies concentrations of 80- 90 % methyl methacrylate in nail art substances as hazardous to health.
In addition the product labelling does not comply with the mentioned Cosmetic Product Regulation.

Measures adopted: Withdrawal of the product from the market.

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