Skin lightening cream "Skin Litener Cream" – MIC

Serious risk Chemical

Published by Safety Gate 13 May 2011In the weekly report of 27 May 2011 (week 21, 2011)Safety Gate notice JSON

Updated 6 d agolatest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 9 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate

Product: Skin lightening cream "Skin Litener Cream"
Brand: MIC
Type / model: Batch code 626 exp 1009 EAN code 501166031135 50 gram
Description: Red and white cardboard box with red, blue and white characters. Labelled “contains hydroquinone 2 %”
Risk: null The product poses a chemical risk because it contains 0.7% of hydroquinone as a skin-lightening substance which is prohibited by the Cosmetics Directive 76/768/EEC
Notifying country: The Netherlands
Country of origin: Unknown
Alert type: Consumer
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Safety Gate alert 0462/11
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Safety Gate weekly report Report-2011-021 (XML)
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