InfoCons Consumer Protection Alert : Hashmi – Eyeliner

Hashmi – Eyeliner

Name: Kajal Eyeliner

Category: 10

Date: 2026-09-18

Product Category: Cosmetics

Risk Type: Chemical

Danger: The product contains lead (measured value: 0.005 percent by weight). Lead is harmful to human health, accumulates in the body and may affect breast-fed or unborn children. Moreover, The product contains mercury (measured value: 0.008 percent by weight). Mercury accumulates in the body and can damage the kidneys, brain and nervous system. Additionally, it may affect reproduction and the unborn child. Additionally, the product has an excessive concentration of cadmium (measured value: 0.000 9 percent by weight). Cadmium is harmful to human health because it accumulates in the body, can damage the kidneys and bones and it may cause cancer. Furthermore, the product has an excessive concentration of arsenic (measured value: 0.0008 percent by weight). Arsenic may cause cancer, may damage fertility or the unborn child, causes damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure. The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulation nor with the REACH Regulation.

Measures: Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: RetailerCategory of measure(s): Stop of salesDate of entry into force: Unknown

Description: Eyeliner in a tube of 4.5g of firm black paste.

Notifying Country: United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland

Country of Origin: Pakistan

Alert Type: Consumer

Alert Level: Serious risk

Hashmi - Eyeliner

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