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HIGHSPEED GROUP El Anticongelante ('Antifreeze product') — chemical risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskChemicalMay 26, 2017
Photo from the official notice: HIGHSPEED GROUP El Anticongelante ('Antifreeze product') — chemical risk

Photos from the official notice: EU Safety Gate (European Commission) · image rights

Hazard

The product contains a high level of ethylene glycol (88.9 % by weight), which is toxic by oral route, but lacks the required labelling, tactile warning of danger and other warning information. Consumers using the product may not be aware of the danger related to the use of the product and do not have the necessary information for safe use of the product.The product does not comply with Directive 1999/45/EC on the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations (CLP).

Measures taken

  • Withdrawal of the product from the market — Distributor (15/03/2017)

Product description

Antifreeze liquid in a blue plastic container.

What should I do?

If you own this product, stop using it and check the official notice for what the seller or authority advises (return, refund, repair or disposal). Measures listed here were reported by national authorities to the EU Safety Gate system.

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