InfoCons Consumer Protection Alert: Mechanix Wear – Gloves

Mechanix Wear – Gloves

Name: Duradide M-PACT Leather Protect

Category: 10

Date: 2025-03-21

Product Category: Clothing, textiles and fashion items

Risk Type: Chemical

Danger: The leather in the product contains chromium VI (measured value: 31.1 mg/kg). Chromium (VI) is sensitising, can trigger allergic reactions and can cause cancer. The product does not comply with the REACH Regulation.

Measures: Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): DistributorCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end usersDate of entry into force: 07/02/2025Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): DistributorCategory of measure(s): Removal of this product listing by the online marketplaceDate of entry into force: 07/02/2025Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): DistributorCategory of measure(s): Stop of salesDate of entry into force: 07/02/2025

Description: All-purpose gloves, fingers and palms made of yellow-brown leather; slit in the leather of the index finger; the inside of the palm is a black textile while the inside of the fingers is a yellow-brown leather. Product sold online, in particular via www.bauhaus

Notifying Country: Germany

Country of Origin: Vietnam

Alert Type: Consumer

Alert Level: Serious risk

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