{
  "alert_number": "0744/06",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/0744-06",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/-11560",
  "safety_gate_published": "2006-11-23",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2006,
    "week": 46,
    "date": "2006-11-24"
  },
  "category": "Cosmetics",
  "product": null,
  "brand_as_notified": null,
  "brands": [],
  "name": null,
  "model": "Unknown",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Skin whitening gel and cream “Fair & White Exclusive Whitenizer Gel Crème\" (30 ml, product code B58) and \"Fair & White Exclusive Whitenizer Fade Cream” (200 ml, product code L06045)",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Chemical",
  "risk": "These products pose a chemical risk to consumers because they contain hydroquinone (at levels of 8% in the gel, and 3.8% in the cream). Long-term use of skin creams containing hydroquinone may have harmful side-effects. These products do not comply with the Cosmetics Directive.",
  "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": "The Netherlands",
  "country_of_origin": "France",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [],
    "models": [
      "Unknown"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}