{
  "alert_number": "0543/08",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/0543-08",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/-13596",
  "safety_gate_published": "2008-05-15",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2008,
    "week": 19,
    "date": "2008-05-16"
  },
  "category": "Cosmetics",
  "product": "Skin lightener",
  "brand_as_notified": "Fair & White",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Fair & White",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/fairandwhite"
    }
  ],
  "name": null,
  "model": "Purity Crème Éclaircissant + Purifiant (Fade Cream + Purifying effect), 200 ml, 6.76 fl. oz., EAN 3425128344060",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "White, perfumed cream. Folding box with inscription and stamp mark, covered in colourless, transparent film. Jar made of opaque, white plastic with a blue plastic screw-cap.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Chemical",
  "risk": "The product poses a chemical risk because it contains 3.9% of hydroquinone, the use of which is associated with harmful effects. Prolonged use of hydroquinone on large skin areas can endanger human health.The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Directive 76/768/EEC.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Withdrawal from the market ordered by the authorities",
      "operator": "Other",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": null
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Other\nCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal from the market ordered by the authorities.\nDate of entry into force: Unknown",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Austria",
  "country_of_origin": "France",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [],
    "models": [
      "Purity Crème Éclaircissant + Purifiant (Fade Cream + Purifying effect), 200 ml, 6.76 fl. oz., EAN 3425128344060"
    ]
  },
  "licence": "Weekly-report fields CC0 1.0; official_record and counterfeit: © European Union, CC BY 4.0",
  "source": "EU Safety Gate. recallarchive is independent and not affiliated with the European Commission; the official notice is authoritative."
}