Reported risk evidence comparison

Cosmetics: lead — reported risk evidence

The acquired cohort contains 52 official alert references published from 2007-06-01 to 2026-03-20. This page compares 8 selected, distinct product descriptions, including cosmetic powder, face paint, face paint set. The other 44 records still contribute to the cohort counts but are not displayed: descriptions may repeat, lack the display inputs, or fall outside the eight-description display limit. The recorded risks raise separate evidence questions about lead. Compare the product features and dated findings below before scoping an investigation. These historical observations do not determine your product’s compliance or a market failure rate.

Evidence retrieved 2026-10-07. Source versions and topic-specific limits are listed below.

Dated official observations

Compare the product features and reported failure mechanism

The source wording below describes the reported case at that time. Read each complete report before using it in an investigation.

Cosmetic powder · SR/00820/26

Report published 2026-03-20 · notifying country Germany · reported origin India

Reported product description: Orange Sindoor cosmetic powder. Product sold online, in particular via coconutbasket.de. [1]
Reported risk explanation: The product contains lead (measured value: 85.25% by weight) which is prohibited in cosmetic products. Lead is harmful to human health, accumulates in the body and may affect breast-fed or unborn children. The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulation. [1]
Reported measures, verbatim: Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: RetailerCategory of measure(s): Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measuresDate of entry into force: 02/03/2026Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: RetailerCategory of measure(s): Stop of salesDate of entry into force: 13/05/2026Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): RetailerCategory of measure(s): Destruction of the productDate of entry into force: 02/03/2026Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): RetailerCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the marketDate of entry into force: 02/03/2026Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): RetailerCategory of measure(s): Stop of salesDate of entry into force: 02/03/2026 [1]

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Face paint · SR/02912/25

Report published 2025-08-08 · notifying country Cyprus · reported origin Unknown

Reported product description: Face painting set, with 6 different colours. [2]
Reported risk explanation: The green colour of the face painting contains lead (measured value 37mg/Kg). Lead is harmful to human health, accumulates in the body and may affect breast-fed or unborn children. The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulation. [2]
Reported measures, verbatim: 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: 21/07/2025 [2]

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Face paint set · SR/00661/25

Report published 2025-02-21 · notifying country Slovakia · reported origin People's Republic of China

Reported product description: Set of face paint for children consisting of four tablets (green, yellow, blue, red), four make-up sticks (brown, black, white, purple) and two applicators. [3]
Reported risk explanation: The migration of lead from the brown crayon is too high (measured value: 55 mg/kg). Lead is harmful to children as it can lead to developmental neurotoxicity. It accumulates in the body and may also affect their future progeny when breast-fed or unborn. The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulation. [3]
Reported measures, verbatim: Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: RetailerCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the marketDate of entry into force: 11/10/2024 [3]

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Electric eyelash curler · A12/02665/23

Report published 2023-11-10 · notifying country Norway · reported origin People's Republic of China

Reported product description: Battery operated eyelash curler. Product sold online. [4]
Reported risk explanation: The solders have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 35% by weight). Lead poses a risk to the environment. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Directive on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS 2 Directive). [4]
Reported measures, verbatim: Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: ImporterCategory of measure(s): The importer has not taken any measures since the authority has not been able to receive contact.Date of entry into force: 15/08/2023 [4]

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Nail dryer · A12/02666/23

Report published 2023-11-10 · notifying country Norway · reported origin Unknown

Reported product description: Battery operated nail dryer shaped as a monkey. Product sold online. [5]
Reported risk explanation: The solders have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 32% by weight). Lead poses a risk to the environment. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Directive on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS 2 Directive). [5]
Reported measures, verbatim: Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: ImporterCategory of measure(s): The importer has not taken any measures since the authority has not been able to receive contact.Date of entry into force: 15/08/2023 [5]

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Electric toothbrush · A12/00908/22

Report published 2022-07-01 · notifying country Luxembourg · reported origin Japan

Reported product description: Electric toothbrush. The product was sold online, in particular via Wish. [6]
Reported risk explanation: The solder in the product has an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 55 % by weight).Lead poses a risk to the environment. The article does not comply with the requirements of the Directive on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS 2 Directive). [6]
Reported measures, verbatim: Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measuresDate of entry into force: 25/03/2022 [6]

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Eye shadow · A12/00827/21

Report published 2021-06-11 · notifying country Ireland · reported origin United Kingdom

Reported product description: Eye shadow palette in black plastic containing 3 different shades of make-up with glitter. The set is sold in two different colour schemes. [7]
Reported risk explanation: The product contains lead (measured values up to: 12 mg/kg).Lead is harmful to human health, accumulates in the body and may affect breast-fed or unborn children. The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulation. [7]
Reported measures, verbatim: Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): DistributorCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the marketDate of entry into force: 10/12/2020Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): RetailerCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the marketDate of entry into force: 10/12/2020 [7]

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Handwash · A12/00164/21

Report published 2021-02-12 · notifying country Germany · reported origin Germany

Reported product description: Handwash - milky handwash to remove dirt from hands [8]
Reported risk explanation: The product contains lead (measured value: 150 mg/kg). Lead is harmful for human health as it accumulates in the body and may damage the unborn child. The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulation. [8]
Reported measures, verbatim: Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: ManufacturerCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end usersDate of entry into force: 18/01/2021Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): ManufacturerCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the marketDate of entry into force: 18/01/2021Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): ManufacturerCategory of measure(s): Destruction of the productDate of entry into force: 18/01/2021Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): ManufacturerCategory of measure(s): Warning consumers of the risksDate of entry into force: 18/01/2021 [8]

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What this acquired cohort contains

52 distinct official alert references, published between 2007-06-01 and 2026-03-20. Counts describe the acquired reports, with no market denominator.

Report year	Recorded alerts
2007	5
2008	3
2009	21
2010	2
2011	2
2013	3
2014	2
2016	1
2017	1
2019	2
2021	2
2022	1
2023	2
2025	4
2026	1

Recorded risk labels within this evidence task

Label combinations are source facts within one comparison; they do not create separate guides with identical preparation tasks.

Chemical: 49 recorded references
Environment: 3 recorded references

Source selection, exclusions and calculation method

Filter the acquired, completely parsed English weekly XML releases. Deduplicate official alert references. Group by product category and the complete set of conditional evidence-question topics supported by actual risk text. Risk-label combinations remain recorded cohort facets and do not create buyer intents. Brand, product name, model, origin, notifying country, measurement-only changes and different wording of the same questions do not create intents. Unrecognized mechanisms stay internal for enrichment. Count report years and notifying countries deterministically. Display at most eight newest descriptions with at least 40 characters after whitespace normalization, nonempty reported measures and distinct casefolded descriptions; break date ties by official identifier. All cohort records count even if their description is shorter or not displayed. This is not a representative sample. Counts concern this acquired corpus only.

One acquired version per official public alert reference. Display at most eight newest distinct product descriptions whose normalized whitespace-collapsed text contains at least 40 characters and has nonempty reported measures; ties sort by official identifier. The complete cohort includes shorter descriptions. This is an explicit display selection, not a representative sample.

8 distinct descriptions displayed; 44 cohort records not displayed. Missing fields: {'measures': 2}.

These are selected, dated enforcement observations in the acquired weekly reports, not a random market sample, market-wide failure rate, proof of current product status, or a determination about your product. Notification country is not a complete sales-market or jurisdiction-coverage field. A quoted legal/standard reference is the report’s statement, not independently verified current law or a mandatory test panel.

Calculation safety-gate-evidence-comparison-10; units recorded alerts; no incidence denominator.

Turn the reported failure mechanism into a scoped investigation

Use this checklist to gather your business or product details before speaking with a specialist. The items below explain what to record and suggest useful supporting documents. You can add your own answers in the editable project brief.

Lead-bearing material and exposure context — what evidence do we have?
Identify the particular material/component, its accessible/use context and supplier evidence. Reconcile any analytical result with the sampled part, method and lot. A reported concentration in another product does not establish your result or a universal limit.
Useful evidence: Part/material BOM, supplier specifications, sampling/method/results, lot/revision records and current use-specific legal review.
Reported context: [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8]
Can we trace the affected component, formula or design revision across our supplied products?
Compare the reported descriptions with your own identifiers and change records. Treat missing or “Unknown” source fields as unresolved; they do not establish that no action was needed.
Useful evidence: Product identifiers, revision history, supplier/batch traceability and market/operator records.
Who would own an evidence review and any resulting corrective-action decision?
Read the reported measures as historical observations. Establish your own operator roles, sector-specific rules, decision owner and communication responsibilities before adopting another case’s response.
Useful evidence: Supply-chain responsibility map, applicable-law review, investigation scope and documented decision/communication workflow.

Work packages and dependencies

Conditional: Product-risk evidence and operator-role review — Compare the reported cosmetic-product features and formula/label evidence with your formulation, use and markets. Review current ingredient conditions, safety-assessment inputs and RP/PIF responsibilities separately; an alert is not an automatic safety or legality determination.

Questions for providers

Which specific product features and reported risk mechanism make these cases relevant or irrelevant to our product?
What current legal, standards or scientific sources support your proposed investigation criteria, and what cannot be concluded from these dated alerts?
Which existing evidence can answer the risk question, what additional work is justified, and who owns any resulting corrective-action decision?

Sources and data dates

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