InfoCons Consumer Protection Alert : Automax – Automotive accessories

Automax – Automotive accessories

Name: Premium Universal Car Mats

Category: 10

Date: 2025-12-19

Product Category: Other – Car floor mats

Risk Type: Chemical

Danger: The plastic of the product has an excessive concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), notably Benzo (a)pyrene (BaP), Benzo (e)pyrene (BeP), Benz (a)anthracene (BaA), Chrysene (CHR), Benzo (b)fluoranthene (BbFA), Benzo (j)fluoranthene (BjFA, Benzo (k)fluoranthene (BkFA), and Dibenz(a,h)anthracene (DBAhA) (measured values: 16.1 mg/kg, 11 mg/kg, 17.3 mg/kg, 17.3 mg/kg, 4.7 mg/kg, 1.8 mg/kg, 2.5 mg/kg and 7.6 mg/kg, respectively). These PAHs may cause cancer and are also mutagenic and toxic for reproduction. The product does not comply with the REACH Regulation nor with the General Product Safety Regulation.

Measures: Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: ImporterCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the marketDate of entry into force: 04/12/2025

Description: Black car floor mats.

Notifying Country: Cyprus

Country of Origin: People’s Republic of China

Alert Type: Consumer

Alert Level: Serious risk

Automax - Automotive accessories

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