{
  "alert_number": "A12/00863/24",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-00863-24",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10012385",
  "safety_gate_published": "2024-04-02",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2024,
    "week": 14,
    "date": "2024-04-05"
  },
  "category": "Cosmetics",
  "product": "Skin-lightening lotion",
  "brand_as_notified": "Dream Cosmetics",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Dream Cosmetics",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/dreamcosmetics"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Caro white Lightening Beauty Lotion",
  "model": null,
  "batch": "LB2.1790.B",
  "barcode_as_notified": "6181100538892",
  "barcodes": [
    "6181100538892"
  ],
  "description": "Lotion applied to the skin to lighten it. Product sold online.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Chemical",
  "risk": "The product has an excessive concentration of kojic acid (measured value up to: 2.66 g/100g). Kojic acid can affect the balance of the thyroid system and also induce skin sensitisation, when used at high concentrations on hand and face, or if used on large areas of skin. 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": "7 Mar 2024"
    },
    {
      "measure": "Recall of the product from end users",
      "operator": "Retailer",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": "7 Mar 2024"
    }
  ],
  "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: 07/03/2024\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: 07/03/2024",
  "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": [
      "6181100538892"
    ],
    "batches": [
      "LB2.1790.B"
    ],
    "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."
}