CHINESE SCARVES SEIZED BY FINLAND OVER AZO-DYES
September 1st, 2009
BY EMMA JACKSON
A SHIPMENT of Chinese 'Global Accessories' branded scarves have been seized by Finnish border authorities because the garments' dark blue stripes contained banned azocolourants, reported European Union consumer alert service RAPEX. These azocolourants broke European Union environmental legislation because they leached over 15 times the allowed amount of benzidine and over six times the legal amount of 3.3'-dimethoxybenzidine.
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A SHIPMENT of Chinese 'Global Accessories' branded scarves have been seized by Finnish border authorities because the garments' dark blue stripes contained banned azocolourants, reported European Union consumer alert service RAPEX. These azocolourants broke European Union environmental legislation because they leached over 15 times the allowed amount of benzidine and over six times the legal amount of 3.3'-dimethoxybenzidine.
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