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 hair product formulated with banned preservatives, eye shadows containing lead and a non-compliant disinfectant gel.
Hair conditioner
Brand: Kaaral 
Name: Kaaral Baco Blonde Elevation Leave-in Spray
Barcode: 8051406418427
Batch number: : L.16061507
• Country of origin: Italy
• Notifying country: Lithuania
Risk type: chemical
The product contains a mixture of the preservatives methylchloroisothiazolinone and methylisothiazolinone, which are forbidden in leave-on cosmetics. Dermal contact with products containing those ingredients can provoke allergic contact dermatitis to sensitised persons.
The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulation.
Measures ordered by public authorities (to distributor): withdrawal of the product from the market
eye shadow
Brand: Mua Makeup Academy Professional 
Name: Trio Eyeshadow
Barcode: 5 031468 211054, 5 055402 901566
Type: C203D Smoke Screen (white, grey and black shades), DLH01 Innocence (gold, sand and brown shades)
• Country of origin: United-Kingdom
• Notifying country: Ireland
Risk type: chemical
The product contains lead (measured values up to: 12 mg/kg). Lead is harmful to human health, accumulates in the body and may affect breast-fed or unborn children.
The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulation.
Measures ordered by economic operators (to retailer): withdrawal of the product from the market
Hand Sanitiser
Brand: Hansan 
Name: Hansan Antibacterial Hand Sanitiser
Barcode: 5060371293413
• Country of origin: United-Kingdom
• Notifying country: United-Kingdom
Risk type: health
Hansan antibacterial hand sanitisers containing propan-2-ol alcohol as the active ingredient have been identified as not containing sufficient concentrations deemed to be effective to sanitise. The product contains an insufficient amount of isopropyl (measured values: 17.3%-56.1% v/v) and presents a serious risk to health, as bacteria or viruses are not killed and can subsequently infect the user. Additionally, the presence of alcohol is not accompanied by the appropriate hazard pictograms and warnings. The product therefore does not meet the requirements of the Biocidal Product Regulations 2013 or the European Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures as amended and retained in GB.
Corrective measures: recall of the product from end users.
Source
• Safety Gate: the EU rapid alert system for dangerous non-food products, Report 2020-23, European Commission, June 11, 2021
• Product Safety Database – Unsafe Product Report, Office for Product Safety & Standards, June 11 2021
