Paul Green leather shoes: sales stopped over chromium VI in the leather
The leather in the shoes contains chromium VI, up to 18.5 mg/kg, which is sensitising, can trigger allergic reactions and can cause cancer, and the shoes do not comply with the REACH Regulation or the General Product Safety Regulation.
What to do
Measure taken: Stop of sales (economic operator: Retailer), in force from 26/11/2025.
Note from Recalled Today: If you own this product, stop using it and contact the seller.
Image: Safety Gate (European Commission)
Notice details
- Product
- Leather shoes
- Company
- Paul Green
- Hazard
- The leather in the product contains chromium VI (measured value up to 18.5 mg/kg).Chromium (VI) is sensitising, can trigger allergic reactions and can cause cancer. The product does not comply with the REACH Regulation nor with the General Product Safety Regulation.
- Class or risk level
- Serious risk
- Notifying country
- Germany
- Countries that reacted
- None listed
- Identifiers
- Alert number: SR/04407/25
- Model or type: 52103 8 1 03
- Measure in force since
- 26/11/2025
- Published on Safety Gate
- December 15, 2025
- Listed on Recalled Today
- December 15, 2025
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Official notice
The notice's own wording from Safety Gate.
Paul Green Leather shoes
- Product
- Product: Leather shoes Brand: Paul Green Description: 6-hole lace-up low-cut shoe, red leather upper, white textile laces, silver-coloured reinforced metal eyelets, lining made of two different types of leather: rear part of the shoe, rough, beige-coloured; front and side, smooth, beige-coloured with perforated pattern, insole.
- Risk
- Risk type: Chemical The leather in the product contains chromium VI (measured value up to 18.5 mg/kg).Chromium (VI) is sensitising, can trigger allergic reactions and can cause cancer. The product does not comply with the REACH Regulation nor with the General Product Safety Regulation.
- Measures taken
- Stop of sales (economic operator: Retailer), in force from 26/11/2025
- Country of origin
- Austria
Source: European Commission, Safety Gate (CC BY 4.0); summary edited by Recalled Today CC BY 4.0 · Safety Gate
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