OECDReference EN/AU/PS1131407
Rangoli decorative powder (Ascension sand) – various colours
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Identification
Product identification
- Product
- Rangoli decorative powder (Ascension sand) – various colours
- Category
- Chemicals and poisons, Asbestos (cancer causing substance)
Official information
Risk and measures
- Risk or hazard
- The products are being recalled because they may contain asbestos, which is a prohibited substance in Australia. The products may cause a risk to health as tremolite asbestos has been detected in some samples after laboratory testing.
- Recommendations
- Stop using the products immediately. For safe disposal advice from the Asbestos and Silica Safety and Eradication Agency, visit the ACCC Product Safety website . Contact the Silkrute support team with your order details to receive a full refund. No return of the product is required. Important message from the ACCC to consumers: The ACCC continues to work with health and safety, and other relevant agencies at the state, territory and Commonwealth levels as this issue evolves. For safe disposal advice from the Asbestos and Silica Safety and Eradication Agency and health information from the Environmental Health Standing Committee (enHealth), visit the ACCC Product Safety website . Contact Silkrute Email: support@silkrute.com
Official information
Economic operators
- Manufacturer
- Great India Overseas Private Limited t/a Silkrute
Territory
Geography
- Origin
- India
- Distribution
- Retirada en Australia
- Country of recall
- Australia
Provenance and context
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