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Skin-lightening smoothing cream "Clear Essence" marked as "hydroquinone-free" Type/model:
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0676/05

Skin-lightening smoothing cream "Clear Essence" marked as "hydroquinone-free" Type/model:

CosmeticsChemical
Country of origin
United States
Notifying country
Germany
Counterfeit
No
Sold online
No
Open the alert on the European Commission website ↗

What is the danger

Health risk for the reason of the hydroquinone (3.4%) which is not approved for skin-lightening products.

Measures taken

  1. Voluntary withdrawal from the market. Voluntary measuresTaken by: Other

Product

Description
Skin-lightening smoothing cream "Clear Essence" marked as "hydroquinone-free" Type/model: Lot no 041027-1. Best-by date: 10/06.Net weight 113g (4 oz.)

Original source

Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.

Alert number
0676/05 ↗
Weekly report
Report-2005-51
Published
22 December 2005
Corrigendum
Corrigendum Please note that risk description for cases 16,17 and 18 below reads "temperature rise" (see below) where "temperature" had been initially published.

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