{
  "alert_number": "0637/08",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/0637-08",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/-13688",
  "safety_gate_published": "2008-06-19",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2008,
    "week": 24,
    "date": "2008-06-20"
  },
  "category": "Cosmetics",
  "product": "Face cream - Complexion cream with allantoin",
  "brand_as_notified": "RICO",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "RICO",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/rico"
    }
  ],
  "name": null,
  "model": "Nothing indicated on old boxes. New boxes (2007) have a Lot number, date of manufacture and an expiry date.",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "A white box with a photograph of a woman, the brand name is in white on a blue background, and the text is in red and black. The box contains a white tube with text in black and blue and a picture of the same woman. There is no list of ingredients on either the box or the tube.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Chemical",
  "risk": "The product poses a chemical risk because it contains more than 2% of hydroquinone; the frequent and long-term use of which presents a health risk.The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Directive 76/768/EEC.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Voluntary withdrawal from the market",
      "operator": "Other",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": null
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other\nCategory of measure(s): Voluntary withdrawal from the market.\nDate of entry into force: Unknown",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Belgium",
  "country_of_origin": "United Kingdom",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [],
    "models": [
      "Nothing indicated on old boxes. New boxes (2007) have a Lot number, date of manufacture and an expiry date."
    ]
  },
  "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."
}