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#1 Fri, 09/05/2014 - 14:06

National Recall on various products - many retailers incl Target, Myer, Rivers and Just Jeans

Lots of products, especially JEANS have been recalled due to the use of "azo dye" which breaks down and is carcinogenic (causes cancer).

More info on the recall from the official govt site: www.recalls.gov.au/content/index.pht...

The ACCC identified a number of items as containing unacceptable concentrations of the hazardous dye. The ACCC has negotiated 8 recalls of 28 product lines with the affected suppliers. More than 121,000 items across those product lines have been recalled so far. Further recalls are possible in coming weeks.

The recalls are:

Rivers Australia—Doghouse style children’s dark-denim jeans & Doghouse style children’s black jeans

Just Jeans Pty Ltd—Just Jeans Junior Girls Skinny Jeans & Junior Boys Denim Shorts

Pillow Talk Pty Ltd—Pillow Talk 50/50 Poly/Cotton 225 Thread Count Plain Dye Range - Red Only

Trade Secret—Firetrap Blackseal Super Skinny Girls Jeans

Just Jeans Pty Ltd—Junior Girls Jeans, Junior Boys Pants and Shorts

Myer Pty Ltd—Milkshake Classic Jeans

Myer Pty Ltd—Wayne Junior Acid Wash Jeans

Target Australia Pty Ltd—Kid's and Ladies Denim Jeans


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Fri, 09/05/2014 - 14:23

I think we're good here, but will check - thanks for the info!


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Fri, 09/05/2014 - 14:31

just saw this on the news website, i am pretty sure we dont have any


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Fri, 09/05/2014 - 15:10

Thanks for sharing. Last week I bought jeans for children from Pumpkin Patch, it's good that they are not in the list.


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Fri, 09/05/2014 - 17:05

It worries me because ACCC did a random survey of some of the larger retailers... they can't survey every single product and so there's probably a lot out there in the market that's tainted and we don't know. Scary :(


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Sat, 10/05/2014 - 13:45

Read someone saying that there may only be a higher risk if skin is in direct contact for significant lengths of time *and* the clothing is wet (eg sweaty)... so the recall is a precautionary thing. Still a good idea of course.


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Sat, 10/05/2014 - 23:53

ninhursag wrote:
Read someone saying that there may only be a higher risk if skin is in direct contact for significant lengths of time *and* the clothing is wet (eg sweaty)... so the recall is a precautionary thing. Still a good idea of course.

...and the info was here

But UNSW Professor Bernard Stewart, a scientific advisor to Cancer Council Australia, said the recall is only being done out of an extreme abundance of caution.
"I believe people should have no concern whatsoever," he said.
"Such concern is misplaced. If you want to be worried about cancer in your kids, you prevent them from excessive exposure to sunlight, you encourage them to exercise and pray to God they never take up smoking. But you don't worry about what they're wearing."
ACCC deputy chair Delia Rickard agreed, saying it's important to remember that while the clothing dyes are a health concern, the risk remains very low.
"You would really need to have worn it over a long period of time in hot, sweaty, grubby conditions," she said.
"We obviously would prefer there was none of this in these clothes, which is what we're working towards, but we don't believe that there is a reason to panic."


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