Velmard recalls VEL Cap Montana baseball cap over chromium VI in the leather
The leather in the black baseball cap contains chromium VI, which the notice says can trigger allergic reactions and can cause cancer, and the cap does not meet the REACH Regulation or the General Product Safety Regulation.
What to do
Measure taken: Withdrawal of the product from the market (economic operator: Manufacturer), in force from 10/11/2025. Company recall page: https://www.facebook.com/100042529043927/posts/pfbid0nEoDqQVNKXrQ2CS3MT3uGtCZJPxvJH3161NsDEE1fsZPWnMk1uvprepiP5Dv9Exzl/?app=fbl
Note from Recalled Today: If you own this product, stop using it and contact the seller.
Image: Safety Gate (European Commission)
Image: Safety Gate (European Commission)
Recall details
- Product
- Baseball cap
- Company
- Velmard
- Hazard
- The leather in the product contains chromium VI (measured value: 26 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
- Estonia
- Countries that reacted
- None listed
- Identifiers
- Alert number: SR/04431/25
- Batch number: 11103310015758
- Measure in force since
- 10/11/2025
- Published on Safety Gate
- December 17, 2025
- Listed on Recalled Today
- December 17, 2025
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Official notice
The notice's own wording from Safety Gate.
Velmard Baseball cap (VEL Cap Montana)
- Product
- Product: Baseball cap Name: VEL Cap Montana Brand: Velmard Description: Black leather baseball cap, adjustable at the back.Product sold online, in particular via velmard.ee
- Risk
- Risk type: Chemical The leather in the product contains chromium VI (measured value: 26 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
- Withdrawal of the product from the market (economic operator: Manufacturer), in force from 10/11/2025 Recall of the product from end users (economic operator: Manufacturer), in force from 10/12/2025
- Country of origin
- Estonia
- Company recall page
- https://www.facebook.com/100042529043927/posts/pfbid0nEoDqQVNKXrQ2CS3MT3uGtCZJPxvJH3161NsDEE1fsZPWnMk1uvprepiP5Dv9Exzl/?app=fbl
Source: European Commission, Safety Gate (CC BY 4.0); summary edited by Recalled Today CC BY 4.0 · Safety Gate
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