{
  "alert_number": "A12/00348/23",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-00348-23",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10007923",
  "safety_gate_published": "2023-02-22",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2023,
    "week": 8,
    "date": "2023-02-24"
  },
  "category": "Cosmetics",
  "product": "Skin lightening cream",
  "brand_as_notified": null,
  "brands": [],
  "name": "Q-nic care whitening underarm cream",
  "model": null,
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Skin lightening cream. Product also sold online.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Chemical",
  "risk": "The product contains mercury (measured value: 4840 mg/kg). Mercury accumulates in the body and can damage the kidneys, brain and nervous system. Additionally, it may affect reproduction and the unborn child. The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulation.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Import rejected at border",
      "operator": "Importer",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": "6 Feb 2023"
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Importer\nCategory of measure(s): Import rejected at border\nDate of entry into force: 06/02/2023",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Sweden",
  "country_of_origin": "Thailand",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [],
    "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."
}