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Shampoo/shower gel

09th April 2011

Item Description:

Brand: Himalaya

Type/number of model: Batch No: 292382010

Description: Shampoo/shower gel (milky-white herb-scented viscose liquid) in a white plastic bottle with blue flip-top lid, 250 ml. Bottle reads, in German: "For hair and body with Aloe Vera, Neem, grapeseed oil"

Country of origin: Germany

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Danger:

Microbiological

The product poses a microbiological risk because of the presence of the presence of aerobic mesophilic bacteria at a count of 1.1 x 106 and 19 x 106 CFU/g.
The liquid contains:
- Enterobacter cloacae
- Citrobacter freundii
- Klebsiella pneumoniae ssp. pneumoniae
- Pseudomonas putida.
The product does not comply with the Cosmetics Directive.

Action Taken:

Voluntary withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers by the manufacturer.

Notifying Country:

GERMANY

The Next Step...

Notes & History:

09th April 2011 by Recalls Importer

Item imported from European Commission RAPEX

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