Cosmetics reported through Safety Gate, the EU rapid alert system for dangerous non-food products – mostly because they contain prohibited or restricted substances.
5,563 alerts since 2015
The product contains an excessive amount of aerobic mesophilic bacteria including Pseudomonas putida, Pseudomonas stutzeri, Klebsiella oxytoca, Citrobacter freundii, Enterobacter cloacae (measured value: 2000 000 cfu/g).
Official alert →The product contains antimony (measured value: 29,7 mg/kg).
Official alert →The product contains antimony (measured value: 24,7 mg/kg).
Official alert →According to the list of ingredients the product contains the colorants Solvent Yellow 172, CI 45161 and CI 45174, which are not authorised for its use in cosmetics.
Official alert →The product contains an excessive level of aerobic mesophilic bacteria (measured value: 170000 cfu/g) .
Official alert →The product contains hydroquinone (measured value: 1.4 % by weight).
Official alert →The product contains an excessive amount of pseudomonas putida (measured value: 600 000 cfu/ml).
Official alert →The product contains an excessive level of aerobic mesophilic bacteria (measured value: 260000 cfu/g) .
Official alert →The perfume contains the fragrance benzyl alcohol (measured values 0.0036 % by weight).
Official alert →The perfume contains the fragrances blinalool, d-Limonene, butylphenyl methylpropional, citronellol, hexyl cinnamal and Hydroxyisohexyl 3-cyclohexene carboxaldehyde (measured values: 0.40 %, 0.25 %, 0.20 %, 0.16 %, 0.089 % and 0.045 % by weight, respectively).
The perfume contains the fragrances butylphenyl methylpropional, hexyl cinnamal, hydroxycitronellal, d-Limonene , linalool, citronellol and geraniol (measured values: 0.18 %, 0.15 %, 0.064 %, 0.054 %, 0.013 %, 0.0022 % and 0.0022 % by weight, respectively).
Official alert →The perfume contains the fragrances linalool, butylphenyl methylpropional, d-Limonene, benzyl salicylate, alpha – isomethyl ionone, benzyl benzoate, citral, citronellol, geraniol, hexyl cinnamal and eugenol (measured values: 0.3 %, 0.066 %, 0.066 %, 0.021 %, 0.013 %, 0.0094 %, 0.0076 %, 0.0065, 0.003 %, 0.0020 % and 0.0017 % by weight, respectively).
The perfume contains the fragrances hexyl cinnamal, butylphenyl methylpropional and alpha-isomethyl ionone (measured values: 0.025 %, 0.01 % and 0.002 % by weight, respectively).
Official alert →The product contains hydroquinone (measured value: 3.8 % by weight).
Official alert →The product contains zirconium, barium and lead (measured values: 0.004 % , 0.003 % and 0.001 % by weight, respectively).
Official alert →The product contains a mixture of the preservatives methylchloroisothiazolinone and methylisothiazolinone (MCI/MI)(measured values: 1 % and 0.0002 %), which are forbidden in leave-on cosmetics.
Official alert →The product contains an excessive amount of pseudomonas putida (measured value: 23000 cfu/g).
Official alert →The product contains clobetasol propionate (measured concentration 0.01 % by weight).
Official alert →According to the ingredients list, the product contains a mixture of the preservatives methylchloroisothiazolinone and methylisothiazolinone (MCI/MI), which is not permitted in leave-on cosmetic products.
Official alert →According to the ingredients list, the product contains a mixture of the preservatives methylchloroisothiazolinone and methylisothiazolinone (MCI/MI), which is not permitted in leave-on cosmetic products.
Official alert →According to the ingredients list, the product contains a mixture of the preservatives methylchloroisothiazolinone and methylisothiazolinone (MCI/MI), which is not permitted in leave-on cosmetic products.
Official alert →The product contains a mixture of the preservatives methylchloroisothiazolinone and methylisothiazolinone (MCI/MI)(measured values: 0,002 % and 0,0009 %), which are forbidden in leave-on cosmetics.
Official alert →The product contains an excessive amount of formaldehyde (measured value: 10% by weight).
Official alert →The product contains an excessive level of aerobic mesophilic bacteria (measured values up to 180,000 cfu/g) and yeast and mould (measured values up to 150 cfu/g).
Official alert →The product contains an excessive amount of diethylene glycol (DEG).
Official alert →The product contains an excessive amount of butylparaben (measured value as acid: 0.17 % by weight). Butylparaben is a reproductive toxicant and may have a potential endocrine disrupting activity.
Official alert →The final mixture contains active chlorine (measured value up to 0.01%).
Official alert →The perfume contains the fragrances hexyl cinnamal, hydroxyisohexyl 3-cyclohexene carboxaldehyde, linalool, benzyl benzoate, coumarin, hydroxycitronellal, citronellol, eugenol, geraniol, isoeugenol, alpha - isomethyl ionone, benzyl alcohol and d-Limonene (measured values: 0.2 %, 0.1 %, 0.08 %, 0.04%, 0.04%, 0.04%, 0.03%, 0.03%, 0.02%, 0.006%, 0.005%, 0.005% and 0.002 % by weight, respectively).
The perfume contains the fragrances Linalool, hydroxyisohexyl 3-cyclohexene carboxaldehyde, eugenol, geraniol, alpha-isomethyl ionone, citronellol, coumarin, hexyl cinnamal, benzyl alcohol, benzyl salicylate and hydroxycitronellal (measured values: 0.1 %, 0.04 %, 0.02 %, 0.02 %, 0.01 %, 0.01 %, 0.01 %, 0.01 %, 0.005 %, 0.005% and 0.003 % by weight, respectively).
The deodorant contains the fragrances hydroxycitronellal, alpha-isomethyl ionone and hydroxyisohexyl 3–cyclohexene carboxaldehyde (measured values: 0.05 %, 0.03 % and 0.02% by weight, respectively).
Official alert →Source: Safety Gate, European Commission. Descriptions are published by the notifying authorities in English.
