Skin lightening cream

AKAGNI · Unknown

CosmeticsChemical

Notifying country: France

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Requirements breached

The product poses a chemical risk because it contains hydroquinone (value declared on the label up to 4.6% by weight). The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulation.

Measures taken

Withdrawal of the product from the market Compulsory measuresTaken by: OtherIn force from: 13 May 2014

Product

Description: Orange plastic tube of 50g with white screw cap supplied in an orange cardboard box.
Brand: AKAGNI
Model / type: Expiry date: 30.1.2015Manufacture date: 30.1.2013
Batch: Lot: 5319 or 5219 (difficult to read from models found).

Original source

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

Alert number: A12/0891/14 ↗
Weekly report: Report-2014-024
Published: 13 June 2014
Corrigendum: “Notification A12/0696/14 from week 20 of 23/05/2014 has been permanently removed following a new legal assessment by the notifying authorities.” "The risks and risk description of the notification A12/0770/14 published in the Report 21/2014 have been revised." "The product description and type/number of model information of the notification A12/0145/14 published in the Report 3/2014 have been revised."