Skin lightening product

Fair and White | Miss White · Lait eclaircissant / Lightening body lotion

CosmeticsChemical

Country of origin: France
Notifying country: Norway

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What is the danger

The product contains hydroquinone (measured value: 5.4 % by weight).

Requirements breached

Hydroquinone can cause skin irritation and dermatitis and might also induce cancer. The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulation.

Measures taken

Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures Compulsory measuresTaken by: DistributorIn force from: 12 September 2019

Product

Description: 100 ml of lightening body lotion in a pink bottle with a golden cap.
Brand: Fair and WhiteMiss White
Batch: 877917004502BN56587

Original source

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

Alert number: A12/1662/19 ↗
Weekly report: Report-2019-044
Published: 25 October 2019
Corrigendum: Notification A12/1154/19 has been permanently withdrawn from report 2019-31 of 02-08-2019 at the request of the notifying authority following new test results that prove compliance of the product. The brand name in notification A12/1393/19 of report 2019-39 has been corrected at the request of the notifying authority. Notification A12/1451/19 has temporarily been unpublished from web report 2019-40 at the request of the notifying authority due to an ongoing investigation. The category in notifications A12/1638/19 and A12/1641/19 has been changed from "Cosmetics" into "Chemical Products" after agreement with notifying authority. An additional distributor and the related voluntary measures have been added to A12/1641/19 on request of the notifying authority. In agreement with the notifying authority the products in notifications A12/16438/19 and A12/1641/19 have been changed to product not of professional use.