Rubber solution in bicycle repair kit

Chemical Chemical products Serious risk
Photo of recalled product: Rubber solution in bicycle repair kit
Alert Number0506/07
BrandUnknown
CategoryChemical products
Risk TypeChemical
Notifying CountryItaly
Country of OriginPeople's Republic of China
Model NumberRepair kit: glue, patches and scraper: code 8 00 5476 167761; Complete repair kit: levers, glue, patches and file: code 8 005476 167754
Published8 June 2007

Risk Description

This product poses a chemical risk because it contains a level of benzene which is greater than that allowed in the Chemicals Restrictions Directive 76/769/EEC. Benzene is classified as a Category I carcinogen and it poses a hazard through contact and inhalation.

Measures Taken

Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Seizure and recall ordered by the authoritiesDate of entry into force: Unknown

Product Description

Repair kit: enclosed in plastic packaging containing a cardboard card bearing the details of the distributor Auchan S.p.a and the importer. Inside there is a tube on which is printed in orange RED SUN with death's head-inflammable symbols, instructions for use in English only, four patches, a metal file and two rubber tubes.The complete repair kit is a sealed plastic pack containing a cardboard card bearing the details of the distributor Auchan S.p.a and the importer. Inside there is a tube similar to that in the repair kit, four patches, two black plastic levers, a metal file and a little rubber tube.

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