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Skin lightening product – Bio Claire “Lightening Body Lotion without Hydroquinone”

Serious risk Chemical

Published by Safety Gate 25 Jun 2020In the weekly report of 3 Jul 2020 (week 27, 2020)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 1 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Skin lightening product
Brand
Bio Claire (10 alerts)
Name
Lightening Body Lotion without Hydroquinone
Batch numbers
FAB: 05/18 EXP: 05/21 1003052 ‘R’ (official alert record)
Batch as notified
FAB: 05/18 EXP: 05/21 1003052 ‘R’
Barcode
6181100232165
Barcodes listed
6 181100 232165 (official alert record)
Barcode as notified
6 181100 232165
Description
350 ml of skin lightening body cream.
Risk
The product contains an unsafe amount of kojic acid (measured value: 0.81 %). 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.
Measures
  • Stop of sales · by the retailer
Notifying country
Germany
Country of origin
Ivory Coast
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/00940/20
Photos shown from the Safety Gate server (European Commission); not copied here.

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Other alerts for Bio Claire

Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/00940/20
    European Commission, Safety Gaterecord fields marked “official alert record”: © European Union, CC BY 4.0; values listed separately here
  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2020-27 (XML)
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