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 water spray contaminated with bacteria.
Water spray
Brand: Isana Rossman 
Name: Isana Wasserspray Aqua Rossman
Barcode: 4305615611204
Batch number : 175240621 / 176250621 / 188070721 / 189080721 / 190090721
• Country of origin: France
• Notifying country: Germany
Risk type: health
The product contains an increased microbiological load of bacterial cells of risk group II, including Burkholderia cenocepacia and Ralstonia pickettii. These bacteria may cause infections such as pneumonia, wound infections and sepsis, especially in immunocompromised people.
The product does not comply with the Cosmetics Regulation.
Measures ordered by economic operators (to retailer): withdrawal of the product from the market, recall of the product from end users.
Sources
• Safety Gate: the EU rapid alert system for dangerous non-food products, Report 2020-50, European Commission, December 17, 2021
