EU Safety Gate Alerts June 2023

Update on EC product safety alerts and reports of cosmetic products posing a risk to the health and safety of consumers.

The European Commission Safety Gate is used by EU market surveillance authorities to notify unsafe and noncompliant products, including those that present a risk to the health and safety of consumers.  The online system serves as a single rapid alert system for dangerous consumer products.  All non-food products intended for consumers or likely under reasonably foreseeable conditions to be used by consumers are included within the scope, with the exception of pharmaceutical and medical products.  This information is circulated among the competent authorities, through a network of national contact points.

CTPA regularly checks the notifications made via the rapid alert system website.  For information, below are recent notifications made by the Member States.

Italy

Perfume, eau de toilette, deodorant, shaving foam, bath foam, shower gel, soap, hair mousse, hair conditioner, sun lotion, moisturiser, face cream and body cream with chemical risk as they contain 2-(4-tert- butylbenzyl) propionaldehyde (BMHCA).  The products have been banned from the market.

Romania

Perfume with chemical risk as it contains 2-(4-tert- butylbenzyl) propionaldehyde (BMHCA).  The product has been withdrawn from the market.

Czechia

Sun lotion with health risk as the actual protection factor of the product is lower than declared, and lower than the required minimum protection level.  The product has been withdrawn from the market.

Perfume with chemical risk as it contains 2-(4-tert- butylbenzyl) propionaldehyde (BMHCA).  The product was rejected at the border.

Malta

Deodorant and perfume with chemical risk as they contain 2-(4-tert- butylbenzyl) propionaldehyde (BMHCA).  The products have been withdrawn from the market.

Sweden

Skin lightening cream with chemical risk as it contains hydroquinone and salicylic acid.  The product has been removed from the online marketplace.

Skin lightening shower gel with chemical risk as it contains isobutylparaben.  The product was rejected at the border.

Perfume with chemical risk as it contains 2-(4-tert- butylbenzyl) propionaldehyde (BMHCA).  The product was rejected at the border.

Germany

Hand cream with chemical risk as it contains 2-(4-tert- butylbenzyl) propionaldehyde (BMHCA).  The product has been withdrawn from the market.

Concealer with microbiological risk as it contains Pseudomonas aeruginosa.  The product has been recalled from end users and withdrawn from the market.

France

Perfume with chemical risk as it contains 2-(4-tert- butylbenzyl) propionaldehyde (BMHCA).  The product has been withdrawn from the market.

Teeth whitening gel with chemical risk it contains an excessive concentration of hydrogen peroxide.  The product has been removed from the online marketplace.

Spain

Mouthwash with microbiological risk as it contains Burkholderia cepacia.  The product has been withdrawn from the market.