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Lightening body cream - Lightening & Purifying Body Creme – Maxi Light

Serious risk Chemical

Published by Safety Gate 22 Apr 2010In the weekly report of 23 Apr 2010 (week 16, 2010)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 1 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Lightening body cream - Lightening & Purifying Body Creme
Brand
Maxi Light (7 alerts)
Type / model
D 79094S4 10019657-001 EAN code: 6 181100 231731
Description
Skin-whitening cream. 300 ml pot made of opaque brown plastic with a brown plastic screw cap.
Risk
The product poses a chemical risk because it contains 3.6 ± 0.1% of hydroquinone as a skin-whitening agent. The product does not comply with the Cosmetics Directive 76/768/EEC.
Measures
  • Voluntary stop of sales by the distributor
Notifying country
Austria
Country of origin
Ivory Coast
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0663/10Photo 2 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0663/10
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0663/10
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2010-16 (XML)
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