Skin ligthening product
Beauty Clinic · Cream with lycopene
CosmeticsChemical
- Country of origin
- Pakistan
- Notifying country
- Norway
What is the danger
The product contains mercury (measured value: 11200 mg/kg).
Requirements breached
Mercury accumulates in the body and can damage the kidneys, brain and nervous system. Additionally, it may affect reproduction and the unborn child. 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: ImporterIn force from: 16 October 2019
Product
- Description
- Skin whitening cream packed in a beige cardboard box with a picture of the female model.
- Brand
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/1936/19 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2019-050
- Published
- 3 December 2019
- Corrigendum
- Notification A12/1208/19 has been withdrawn and unpublished from report n° 2019-32 of 09/08/2019 at the request of the notifying Member State because of new tests results.
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