The Cartech company must withdraw the black First Class PU steering wheel cover from the market due to EU regulatory requirements.
The plastic of the product contains an excessive amount of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), notably benzo[a]anthracene (BaA), chrysen (CHR), Benzo[a]pyrene (BaP), benzo[b]fluoranthene (BbFA), benzo[e]pyrene (BeP), benzo[k]fluoranthene (BkFA) and benzo[j]fluoranthene (BjFA) and (measured values: 75 mg/kg, 71 mg/kg, 15 mg/kg, 15 mg/kg, 13 mg/kg, 11 mg/kg and 9.3 mg/kg by weight respectively). The product does not comply with the REACH regulation.
These PAHs may cause cancer and are also mutagenic and toxic for reproduction.
Product: Steering wheel cover
Brand: CARTECH
Name: First Class PU
Type/number of model: 18700
Batch number/Barcode: 5202392187009
Country of origin: China
Alert submitted by Cyprus
Source: Rapex Alert 42/2019 A12/1536/19
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