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: a shampoo contaminated by bateria.
Bylinny Sampon
(
Herbal shampoo)
Brand : Auroville
Manufacturing date
: May 2014
Expiration date
: Apr 2016
Country of origin
:
India
Notifying country
: Czech Republic
Danger : The product poses a microbiological risk because it contains aerobic mesophilic bacteria (measure value up to 1.6x104 cfu/g). The contamination can cause eye irritation and inflammation of the conjunctiva. The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulation 1223/2009.
Measures adopted: Withdrawal of the product from the market (by public authorities)
Source
•
Weekly overview reports of RAPEX notifications, Report 33
, European Union, 19/08/2016
