Skin-lightening cream
Fairness · Cream
- Notifying country
- Sweden
What is the danger
The product contains hydroquinone (declared value 2% by weight) which can cause skin irritation and dermatitis. It also contains mometasone (declared value 0,10% by weight). Mometasone is a corticosteroid that should be made available only under medical prescription: exposure to it could cause skin irritation and may lead to endocrine problems.
Requirements breached
The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulation.
Measures taken
- Stop of sales Voluntary measuresTaken by: Retailer
Product
- Description
- Skin-lightening cream
- Packaging
- Cardboard box
- Brand
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/00432/22 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2022-11
- Published
- 16 March 2022
- Modified
- 30 June 2022
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