Venita hair colouring cream - henna color - herbal colouring balm with henna extract — chemical risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskChemicalSep 10, 2010

Hazard

The products pose a chemical risk because the ingredients include colour index CI 11154 (INCI name-Basic Blue 41), 2-nitro-p-phenylendiamine, which is prohibited in cosmetic products by the Cosmetics Directive 76/768/EEC.

Measures taken

Sales ban and withdrawal from the market ordered by the authorities — Other

Product description

Hair colouring cream in 75ml tube, various brown packaging. Click <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/images/rapex/2010-w36/2010-w36_2-1.pdf">here</a> to see all pictures.

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.

Key facts

Brand	Venita
Product	Hair colouring cream - Henna Color - Herbal Colouring Balm with Henna Extract
Model / type	Shade of colour:1. 2 Ambre;2. 3 Cerveny pomeranc;3. 4 Henne;4. 5 Paprika;5. 6 Blond venitien titian;6. 7 Copper;7. 8 Rubin;8. 9 Rouge clair / Jasne cerveny;9. 10 Granatove jablko;10. 12 Visen;11. 16 Prune/Divoka svestka;12. 17 Aubergine;13. 18 Black cherry;14. 100 Blond platine Each colour shade is in several batches with numbers of EAN.
Category	Cosmetics
Country of origin	Poland
Reported by	Czechia
Risk level	Serious risk
Published	Sep 10, 2010
Case number	1352/10