Level: Serious risk
Type: Consumer products
Ref.: A12/1359/16
Notifying country: Italy
Country of origin: India
Counterfeit:
Risk type: Chemical
Product: Incense sticks
Product name: "AMBER" - Incense sticks
Product description: Rectangular cardboard packaging containing 6 hexagonal cardboard tubes. Inside each tube there is a white plastic bag containing 20 incense sticks, approx. 23 cm long, of which 18 cm is covered with a black solid matter (incense) which is highly perfumed.
Brand: HEM
Category: Other
Type/number of model: Unknown
Batch number/Barcode: 8901810001510
OECD Portal Category: 47000000 - Cleaning / Hygiene Products
Risk: The product contains aromatic hydrocarbons such as benzene, toluene, xylene, and styrene which are released into the air when burning the incense sticks. The estimated emissions exceed the recommended safe concentration for indoor air. Benzene is carcinogenic and mutagenic. In addition, these aromatic hydrocarbons are toxic when inhaled or ingested and irritants to the eyes and skin.
The product does not comply with the REACH Regulation.
Measures adopted by notifying country: Measures ordered by public authorities: Withdrawal of the product from the market
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