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 hand sanitizer and a hair dye containing prohibited ingredients.
Hand disinfectant
Brand: Guardson 
Name: Guardian Hand and skin surface
Barcode: 5712822000162
Batch number: 2003302
Type: 205500
• Country of origin: Denmark
• Notifying country: Sweden
Risk type: health risk
The product contains Polyhexanide (PHMB) (declared concentration: 0.8%). PHMB is not authorised for use in human hygiene and causes damage to organs through prolonged or repeated contact, as well as serious eye damage; it is also harmful if swallowed.
The product does not comply with the Biocidal Products Regulation.
Measures taken by economic operators: withdrawal of the product from the market (by distributor).
Measures ordered by public authorities: ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures.
Hair dye
Brand: Henna Vals 
Name: Indian Henna For Hair
Barcode: 8698605680097
Batch number: 1171
Type: 3 h noir Siyah
• Country of origin: India
• Notifying country: Germany
Risk type: chemical
The product contains sodium perborate (as declared on the packaging), which releases boron (measured value: 16.8%) and is forbidden in cosmetic products.
Ingestion or contact with an excessive quantity of boron may harm the health by damaging the reproductive system or the unborn child.
The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulations.
Measures taken by economic operators: stop of sales, withdrawal of the product from the market (by distributor).
Measures ordered by public authorities (to distributor): ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures.
Source
• Safety Gate: Rapid Alert System for dangerous non-food products - most recent alerts, Report 8, European Commission, February 26, 2021
