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Skin-lightening product – Bio Claire “Lightening Body Cream”

Serious risk Chemical

Published by Safety Gate 26 Nov 2020In the weekly report of 27 Nov 2020 (week 48, 2020)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 5 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Skin-lightening product
Brand
Bio Claire (10 alerts)
Name
Lightening Body Cream
Batch
1009514"L"
Barcode
6181100231199
Barcodes listed
6181100231199 (official alert record)
Description
Skin-lightening product in the form of a white cream. It is intended to come into contact with the skin in order to change its appearance (skin-brightening).
Risk
The product contains an unsafe amount of kojic acid (measured value: 0.80 %). 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 requirements of the Cosmetic Products Regulation.
Measures
  • Recall of the product from end users · by the retailer · from 5 Nov 2020
  • Stop of sales · by the retailer · from 5 Nov 2020
Notifying country
Germany
Country of origin
Ivory Coast
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/01586/20
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 A12/01586/20
    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-2020-48 (XML)
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