{
  "alert_number": "A12/0174/15",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-0174-15",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/150149",
  "safety_gate_published": "2015-02-03",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2015,
    "week": 6,
    "date": "2015-02-13"
  },
  "category": "Cosmetics",
  "product": "Skin lightening product",
  "brand_as_notified": "Clear Essence",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Clear Essence",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/clearessence"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Advanced Complex Fade Gel",
  "model": "Unknown",
  "batch": "LOT 2813",
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Fade gel for treatment of dark spots and blemishes with sunscreen, contained in a plastic tube with a screw top, net weight 2.0 oz. (57g) and packaged in pink cardboard box. Both the box and tube are marked: Clear Essence Advanced Complex Fade Gel, with alpha hydroxy acid.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Chemical",
  "risk": "null The product contains 2% by weight of hydroquinone. Hydroquinone causes 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": "Other",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": "13 Jan 2015"
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Other\nCategory of measure(s): Destruction of the product\nDate of entry into force: 13/01/2015",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "United Kingdom",
  "country_of_origin": "Unknown",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [
      "LOT 2813"
    ],
    "models": [
      "Unknown"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}