Skin lightening cream "Lemon Cream"
Topiclear
CosmeticsChemical
- Country of origin
- UK
- Notifying country
- The Netherlands
Requirements breached
The product poses a chemical risk because it contains 3,9% of hydroquinone as a skin-whitening substance which is prohibited by the Cosmetics Directive 76/768/EEC
Product
- Description
- Tube of skin-lightening cream in a brown cardboard box with white and yellow characters and the following description: “Topiclear Lemon Cream; Skin lightening cream with sunscreen agent; Active ingredient hydroquinone 2 %”.
- Brand
- Model / type
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- 0599/11 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2011-026
- Published
- 22 June 2011
- Corrigendum
- <font color="#ff0000"><b>Corrigenda</b></font><br/> Notification 0600/11 has been permanently removed from the RAPEX website following clarification of the risk assessment by the notifying authorities.
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