Safety Gate - Reports for Cosmetics June 2021

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Jul 14, 2021 - Cosmetics

Safety Gate - Reports for Cosmetics June 2021

In the EU Rapid Alert System for non-safe products (Safety Gate), the following recalls for cosmetics were reported in June 2021:

• Product contains tretinoin (vitamin A acid); this substance is not allowed in cosmetics and can be teratogenic
• Leave-on product with the preservatives methylisothiazolinone (MIT) and methylchloroisothiazolinone (CIT); both substances are prohibited in this product category and can lead to allergies
• Increased lead content in decorative cosmetics; lead may only be present in technically unavoidable and health-safe quantities

Recalls and withdrawals from the market are also often due to microbiological findings. Microorganisms such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Pluralibacter gergoviae, Burkholderia cepacia, etc., play a major role here.

All reports can be accessed free of charge via this link:

https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport

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Safety Gate