Level: Serious risk
Type: Consumer products
Ref.: A12/1247/16
Notifying country: Spain
Country of origin: China
Counterfeit:
Risk type: Chemical
Product: Bicycle repair kit
Product name: BIKE REPAIR KIT / RED SUN (glue)
Product description: Puncture repair kit containing various items: spanners, patches, a tube of RED SUN glue, etc. The product is packaged in a sealed cardboard blister pack.
Brand: FEIYUE TOOL
Category: Hobby/sports equipment
Type/number of model: Ref. 10139 and 600206 (with Red Sun glue)
Batch number/Barcode: 6900101301058, 8433878101395
OECD Portal Category: 71000000 - Sports Equipment
Risk: The product contains chloroform (measured concentration: 2 % by weight) and methylene chloride (measured concentration: 46 % by weight), both substances are suspected of causing cancer. The product lacks warnings and pictograms needed to inform consumers on how to use the product safely. Consumers using the glue may inhale or ingest it or it may accidentally come into contact with their skin causing skin irritation or health damage.
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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