Skin lightening product

Radiant Glow botanical · Brightening lotion

CosmeticsChemical

Country of origin: UK
Notifying country: Norway

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What is the danger

The product contains hydroquinone (measured value: 0.05 % 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: 6 September 2019

Product

Description: White bottle with blue labels containing 500 ml of whitening body lotion.
Brand: Radiant Glow botanical
Batch: 5055046400098

Original source

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

Alert number: A12/1661/19 ↗
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Corrigendum: Notification A12/1154/19 has been permanently withdrawn from report 2019-31 of 02-08-2019 at the request of the notifying authority following new test results that prove compliance of the product.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 Notification A12/1451/19 has temporarily been unpublished from web report 2019-40 at the request of the notifying authority due to an ongoing investigation.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.