{
  "alert_number": "A12/00335/21",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-00335-21",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10003142",
  "safety_gate_published": "2021-03-11",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2021,
    "week": 10,
    "date": "2021-03-12"
  },
  "category": "Cosmetics",
  "product": "Skin-lightening product",
  "brand_as_notified": "Light & Natural CAROTONE™",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Light & Natural CAROTONE",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/lightandnaturalcarotone"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Brightening Cream",
  "model": null,
  "batch": "1000046 ‘L’",
  "barcode_as_notified": "6 182000 101667",
  "barcodes": [
    "6182000101667"
  ],
  "description": "Cosmetic product, cream with skin-lightening and skin-conditioning effect",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Chemical",
  "risk": "The product contains clobetasol propionate (measured value: 0,0044 % by weight). Clobetasol is a corticosteroid that should be applied only if medically prescribed. Exposure to it could cause skin irritation and may lead to endocrine problems. Furthermore, the product contains hydroquinone (measured value: 3,64% by weight). Hydroquinone can cause skin irritation and dermatitis. The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulation.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Destruction of the product",
      "operator": "Retailer",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": null
    },
    {
      "measure": "Stop of sales",
      "operator": "Retailer",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": null
    },
    {
      "measure": "Recall of the product from end users",
      "operator": "Retailer",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": null
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Retailer\nCategory of measure(s): Destruction of the product\nDate of entry into force: Unknown\nType of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Retailer\nCategory of measure(s): Stop of sales\nDate of entry into force: Unknown\nType of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Retailer\nCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users\nDate of entry into force: Unknown",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Germany",
  "country_of_origin": "Ivory Coast",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [
      "6 182000 101667"
    ],
    "batches": [
      "1000046 ‘L’"
    ],
    "models": []
  },
  "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."
}